Anaheim, chicago, boston, pittsburgh all have much better rosters. We would need to be EXTREMELY lucky to make it to finals
ANAHIEM
IMO I don't think Anaheim has a better/deeper roster. Their first line is great pretty even with the Sedins, but their second line is worse than ours will be. Cogliano is much worse than Roy or Kesler, he has barely been able to get 30 points in past seasons, and is only now living up to expectations. Koivu is having a bounce back year, but he's 38 and not nearly as fast as our skaters. Selanne is the only player I really consider to be on par with the players that will be on our 2nd line come next week.
Etem, Cogliano, Fowler, and most of their bottom 6 have little or no playoff experience, that's a huge factor.
Our defense is better than the Ducks as well, it's just been slumping as of late, so it seems as though they are better.
Goaltending there is no two ways about it, we have them beat. Fasth maybe having a great year, but Schneider is better, Loungo is there if we need him, and we have more playoff experience in goal then they do.
BOSTON
I'd say we're almost the exact same team as they are with more skill on our first line, with the exception of Seguin. They're gritty, we're more offensively powered. Obviously we don't have a Chara, but we've pretty much mirrored each other since 2011.
CHICAGO
Chicago's got two great lines to match ours, and a better bottom 6. But it all depends how the lines are made for our team when we are healthy. Right now we have a worse roster than them, but not for long.
Our defense are pretty even, but we have them beat in Goaltending.
Crawford hasn't made it past the first round in the NHL, Emery had the run with Ottawa 6 years ago, but we have Schneider and Luongo, the best tandem in the NHL, with a ton of experience from that Cup Run two seasons ago.
PITTSBURGH
Pittsburgh is by far the most dangerous team. Even without Crosby in the lineup, they still have a fantastic two lines, Malkins line better than the Sedins, but Jokinens doesn't match up well against our second once Kess is back next week.
They have a better bottom 6 then us, their 3rd line could be a second line, kind of like ours maybe able to, depending on how AV sets the club up when we are healthy.
Defense again, I have to call this balanced with ours. Maybe Letang-Martin is better than Edler-Hamhuis when both pairs are at their best, but not by much.
Goalies they have us beat, one of the few teams that do, provided Fleury can play better than he has this season, that would be a team's saving grace in the Playoffs against the Pens.
TL;DR: We're a Top 5 club with this lineup, injuries just prevented us from doing as well as we could have this season. We can match these teams (maybe with the exception of Pittsburgh)
Time will tell eventually.
