HMMM
Devan Dubnyk
Mike Smith
Michael Garnett
T.J. Brodie
Brian Campbell
Brenden Dillon
Dan Hamhuis
Jay Harrison
Stéphane Robidas
Luke Schenn
Justin Schultz
Matt Duchene
Jordan Eberle
Claude Giroux
Taylor Hall
Andrew Ladd
Ryan O'Reilly
Matt Read
Jaden Schwartz
Wayne Simmonds
Jeff Skinner
Eric Staal
Jordan Staal
Steven Stamkos
Stamkos13=Marner16
Staal13= Sheifle18
O'Reilly16 better O'Reilly13
Simmonds 16 better Simmonds 13
Skinner 16 better Skinner 13
Dillon =Demers
Lee better L Schenn
Pareyko better Schultz13
Giroux = Giroux
Barrie better Campbell
Point better Read
Same level rosters)
2013 Giroux was top 3-5 centre in the NHL, today's Giroux is far from this position. Giroux & Stamkos together in 2013 were lethal duo, it is a shame that they lost to Sweden in QF. Giroux&Stamkos formed better line than any of this year's lines. And behind this duo, they had players like Ladd, Hall, Duchene, E. Staal (all of them PPG players back then). O'Reilly, Skinner were already great & established players. Read, J. Staal were great 2-way forwards who were able to significantly contribute offensively. Read had some damn good years in Philly.
Although, defencemen which they selected in 2013.... a lot of them were not ideal fits for large surface...Robidas, Harrison, Schenn, Dillon... neither of them was really able to support forwards in the offensive zone, and they are not fast skaters. Subban played only 1 game back then. It was all on Schultz, Campbell, Brodie & Hamhuis (only 3 games). + Brodie and Schultz were not that great back in 2013, imo. It was somewhat 'questionable defense' and half of this defense, was not good enough for this tournament.
When you look at this year's defense... ALL of them are either great or pretty good & fast skaters. It makes up for big difference on large ice.