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Originally Posted by genetic_phreek
Has there ever been a team that won the cup and their best player was a UFA?
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Nope.
In fact IMO a lot of teams that signed bug UFAs took a step back. Vegas was in the finals, and have been weaker since getting Stone (practically a UFA) and Pietrangelo. NYR did nothing with Panarin (it took Shesterkin to make them into a competitive team). Tavares is a good player, but would the leafs have done worse with Kadri still their 2C? Who pays a 2C 11M anyway? Laughably the biggest UFAs in 2016 were Lucic and Okposo and we know what happened. Hamilton didn't do anything with the Devils.