The only positive is that hopefully this idea that you can build a championship team without elite talent, which in the NHL one gets by tanking, is hopefully dead and buried. The Hawks tanked and won 3 cups, the Pens tanked and won 3 Cups, the Avs tanked and won a Cup, the Lightning tanked and won two Cups, the Kings tanked and won 2 Cups. Now two teams that tanked are meeting in the Cup finals. This idea that there is a different way to build a championship team is hopefully dead and buried.
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