Peat
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Federov was on disgustingly loaded teams. They could have won championships even with sub par performances from him.
If Malkin or Crosby faltered for more than a handful of games in any series, the Penguins would have been done.
I've said this before and I'll say it until I die: Not a single star in NHL history has done more with less than Sid and Geno.
I've gotta say, I'm very interested in how McDavid, Matthews, Eichel and the other faces of the next generation of the salary cap generation do. I think the arguments of who fits in where don't place much weight on the leveling effects of having to make do with makeweights due to the cap.
I wonder if we'll see teams do what we've stumbled upon doing and try to stockpile a lot of youth to break through later in big stars' contracts when their cap hits aren't quite so harmful. The next generation of big teams should certainly be a lot more reluctant to give picks away, ELCs are what lets it work.