The Hawks have a legit superstars in Kane, a legit #1 center who's one of the best in the league in all 3 zones in Toews and a better blueline. The fact that they have no goaltending and they've been playing way more games over the past several years then any other team is catching up to them.
Once you get past Kane, Toews, and Keith their roster is junk. We have a better supporting cast of middle and bottom six forwards.
The same can be said for the Kings with the injury to their #1 and it's the main reason why they're so poor this year.
Quick has been garbage, and the whole roster is old and slow. Once you get past Kopitar and Doughty, the rest of their roster is junk.
The Flyers have a solid roster but they've been looking for a goaltender for the past decade+.
The Flyers haven't had good goaltending for about 30 years. I think they do have a decent roster, still a mixed bag.
As for the Blues, it's a real puzzler cause they're loaded but again, goaltending is their main issue.
This is the only team you are sort of right about. That being said, they are also kinda on the older and slower side. But yeah, their goaltending blows.
We have Hall, Hischier, Palmieri and that's it.
No that's not it. We have an up and coming winger in Bratt. Solid middle 6 forwards like MarJo, Coleman, Wood (jury is still out I guess). I lost faith in Zacha a while ago but there's still some life there. The D as a whole is weak but they could be offset if we had good coaching/structure for that end of the ice. Goaltending is a disaster.
This team is where it is because of crap D (combination of inexperience, not enough top end talent, and non-existent structure) and because our starting goalie belongs in the ECHL and the backup is a backup.