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Originally Posted by Macho0978
Mcdavid, Crosby, Lemeuix, Gretzky, Orr, Bedard IMO are generational.
MacKinnon is every bit as good as McDavid but wasn't projected as generational. Barkov has a cup, Eichel has a cup, Tkachuk has a cup, Kucherov was on my list too as a guy that gets it done every year in the playoffs. We don't need Mcdavid to have elite players.
The way some of our depth guys played over the years in the playoffs, if we had a true elite 1st line we could have won. Backlund's line most years is very good in the playoffs, young Sam Bennett was as well. Gaudreau was not. He's not elite, just very good all-star caliber, just not in with the guys I mentioned and can't be the go-to guy on a cup winning team.
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Correct.
Chicago won 3 Stanley Cups with zero generational players.
What they did have was 4 HOF calibre players (Kane, Toews, Hossa and Keith) who were all able to up their play in the playoffs. Add in a host of very good players like Sharp, Bollan. Hjammerson, Seabrook et all.