HarrisonFord
President of the Drew Doughty Fan Club
No team is going to be better after losing top players.
I'm saying that a team can't claim to overcome adversity if they haven't face any.
The team that lost their starter, their top-2 defenseman, and 1/2 their top-6 was the Sens in the lockout year.
Losing Matthews for an extended period of time is adversity. Going 3-0 without him so far isn't nothing. Plus, Andersen has been pretty bad for 10+games this year. And they've still managed to get through that with a winning record this year (despite a gross record last year with the same situation). Remember how the Sabres fared when Eichel went down?