2011 Canucks feasted off of an awful division. I believe Kessler only scored 8 goals against playoff teams that year. Great team, but they padded their stats with their divisional games.
Yes, the Canucks were 13-5-2 against their division. They were also 41-14-7 against the rest of the league that season. That's one win shy of having double the number of wins vs. losses (of any kind). And the team actually had a higher winning percentage vs. the rest of the league than against their weak division. In sum, I believe you are incorrect.
The 2011 Canucks were banged up because they got utterly dominated by Boston physically.
You're completely right... except for the fact that the vast majority of the Canucks' injuries happened BEFORE the Finals. So, actually, I think you're wrong. As posted by sunnyvale420 elsewhere in this thread:
Malhotra eye exploded before playoffs
Hamhuis left game 1 scf and never returned with a torn abdominal muscle
Samuelsson left in the second round and never returned needing hernia and adductor surgery
Raymond broken back in game 6 scf, no penalty, no stretcher he was helped off the ice
Henrik played through a back injury since the second round
Kesler played through a hip injury since late conference finals
Edler played with 2 broken fingers
Ehrhoff hurt shoulder during wcf
Higgins hurt foot blocking a shot in second round
Bieksa had a bruised MCL after a slash
Rome suspended for a late hit in scf
The Canucks team that started the Final bore no resemblance to the one that had dominated the entire league. The Bruins won and it is what it is. But pretending that injuries weren't a factor is just false.
A series at that time between both teams, completely healthy (including Savard for Boston if you want), would have been a thing of beauty. I'm not saying the Canucks would have been a lock to win at all. But I do think the games would have been very different.
EDIT: All of which is to say that I believe the 2010/11 Canucks were definitely one of the strongest teams to not win the Cup. When healthy, they performed very well. #1 GF, #1 GA, #1 PP, #3 PK, Art Ross winner (D. Sedin), Selke winner (Kesler), Ted Lindsay winner (D. Sedin), Jennings winner (Luongo/Schneider), #2 Hart voting (D. Sedin), #3 in Vezina voting (Luongo), etc. If the Canucks had won one more game that season, it would've gone down as one of the most dominating seasons in the last 20 years.