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Originally Posted by TheIronMaiden
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.
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You sure about that? Washington was a contender year in and year out. Holtby was on the bench to start the playoffs. Binnington looked like a bum for half a year until they made a coaching change. Washington got rid of Holtby soon after and St. Louis has been trying to get rid of Bennington prior to this season.
Chicago won with Niemo. Pittsburgh won 2 cups with Matt Murray.
Most of those teams had the pieces before they had the goaltending. It’s going reverse for us but that’s ok. We will have to draft talented players to play in front of Wolf.