A revisit of which teams are elite at both ends of the ice and capable of winning it all this...
: four of the last five teams to win the Stanley Cup finished in the top 10 in both 5v5 expected goals for per 60 and 5v5 expected goals against per 60, and the one team that didn’t finished in the top 15 for 5v5 xGF per 60 and was able to make up for it with their offensive talent. I identified the teams that met that threshold and while there were a few surprises at the time, all the teams listed have since improved to look like legitimate contenders.
This time, that isn’t a concern at all. While their offense isn’t top of the league in terms of generating expected goals, they’ve cracked the top 10, and continue to score in waves. Part of that is due to the injection of Logan Stankoven into the lineup, giving them one more offensive weapon for other teams to have to worry about. Their defense has also seen improvement thanks to addition of Chris Tanev, and they’re finally getting some goaltending from Jake Oettinger as well.
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