I can confidently say Tampa over the last 3 seasons now have put together a roster that no one else in the cap era has had, yeah I know they are well over the luxury tax but they've still been able to make it work. So how does Tampa's roster talent over the past few years stack up against the best teams of the 1990s (last full decade without a cap) such as:
1991-1993 Pittsburgh Penguins (feat. Lemieux, Jagr, Francis, Barrasso, Murphy, Coffey, Trottier, Mullen, Recchi, Stevens)
1995-2003 New Jersey Devils (feat. Brodeur, Niedermeyer, Stevens, Elias, Sykora, Gomez, Rafalski)
1995-2002 Detroit Red Wings (feat. Yzerman, Lidstrom, Russian Five, Shannahan, Murphy, Chelios, Osgood, Vernon)
1996-2002 Colorado Avalanche (feat. Sakic, Forsberg, Roy, C. Lemieux, Kamensky, Hejduk, one season of Ray Bourque)
1998-2000 Dallas Stars (feat. Modano, Hull, Belfour, Nieuwendyk, Zubov, Langenbrunner)
1991-1993 Pittsburgh Penguins (feat. Lemieux, Jagr, Francis, Barrasso, Murphy, Coffey, Trottier, Mullen, Recchi, Stevens)
1995-2003 New Jersey Devils (feat. Brodeur, Niedermeyer, Stevens, Elias, Sykora, Gomez, Rafalski)
1995-2002 Detroit Red Wings (feat. Yzerman, Lidstrom, Russian Five, Shannahan, Murphy, Chelios, Osgood, Vernon)
1996-2002 Colorado Avalanche (feat. Sakic, Forsberg, Roy, C. Lemieux, Kamensky, Hejduk, one season of Ray Bourque)
1998-2000 Dallas Stars (feat. Modano, Hull, Belfour, Nieuwendyk, Zubov, Langenbrunner)