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Originally Posted by Hot_Flatus
The Panthers obviously have a far deeper team that is shouldering the wear and tear, and is more collectively contributing to the team's success. They also travel far less in general than the Oilers. When's the last time a western conference team has gone back to back, let alone made the finals 3 years in a row?
The answer is not this century. The Blackhawks won 3 times in 5 seasons, and that team was on another level in terms of depth as well. You'd have to go all the way back to Detroit in the 90s and again they were on a different planet as a team. Confident in saying this 2 man show in Edmonton isn't bucking the trend with that embarrassing support cast behind them.
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Yzerman's Detroit lost their first trip to the cup, dropped a year then won twice, dropped 3 years before a last win, it is hard to think of any team that strong due to the once in a lifetime addition of the Russians ever happening again, even within that era they were incredibly lucky to put that lineup together, Detroit being about the furthest East of the Western Conference teams didn't hurt either