The way you listed the players it looks like you’re talking about comparing similar or similarly situated players rather than potential matchups. I mean Keith vs Hedman isn’t really a matchup you would see. Nor is Cernak vs Hjalmarsson.
Might very well be true, but that 2015 team was very different from the 2010 team. 2015 was clearly the weakest of the Hawks' cup teams IMO.
Very good point!
Yeah them along with Anaheim and Detroit from 07 and 08 for me.
2010 was better than 2015 Hawks though. That team had pretty crazy depth. Speed and skill up and down the lineup. Other teams had a tough time keeping up. The goaltending was the biggest shaky aspect of course (whereas by 2015 they had a really good Crawford)
This is basically how I view it. I'd feel better about the Bolts goaltending edge against the 2010 Hawks than 2013 ones.
In fact, I think Tampa has the best high end talent and Chicago the best depth of any of the last 16 champions when factoring how both were spread out throughout the roster.
I'm biased obviously, but 2013 should have won, no question. The side by side of the playoff point totals makes the Lightning look better but that Hawk team rolled through the season (playing only Western Conference teams at a time that the west was a lot stronger) and only lost one more playoff game, they were just more defensive (and faced more defensive teams) so it was lower scoring series. Really tough road to with LA and Boston proven cup champs, and even Detroit had a lot of cup winners from five years prior still. Tampa got super easy draws with the Islanders and Dallas in the Conference Finals and SCF.
Ya I agree with you here. I thought 2013 should have won, 2010 is a tougher call.
