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Originally Posted by 1qqaaz

Many players from 2011 are just hitting their prime now (Gaudreau, Miller, Huberdeau, Landeskog, all just had their most productive seasons).

If anything, the takeaway is that it takes time to go from a lottery team to a cup winning team.

Really, the only absolute musts, evidently, to win a cup are:
-A strong 1-2 punch at center
-A hot homegrown goalie

There are no exceptions to these, going back 50 years.

Avs should just pack it in considering their goalie was drafted by Minny