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Originally Posted by Paulie Walnuts
You kind of just helped make my point. Boston had Chara, Lucic, Krejci, Bergeron, Marchand. Washington had a guy who is going to break Wayne Gretzky goal record, Backstrom, Carlson. St. Louis had Pietrangelo, ROR, Tarashanko.
We have nothing close to that on the roster.
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You're looking at this with a presentism bias. Those teams at the time were far from being considered contenders. St Louis and Washington were poster boy teams for not having a chance in hell under any circumstance. Boston was seen as a team that was full of 3rd liners, and to be fair they were. They won on team defense and goaltending.
Having a star goalie is a key component in winning a cup. Only two teams in recent memory have won without star goaltending. Chicago with Crawford, and Colorado with Kuemper.