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Originally Posted by dbaz
uhhh Detroit has only had 1 cup in that time, and it came at the tail end of probably the best 3rd line ive seen in the playoffs.
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I mean their run, which spanned 90s and 2000s. That's what I meant by saying "in theirs [sic]"- as in their playoff run. I'm counting the Canucks from 2003 onward because that's when they started to make the playoffs consistently, which satisfies your definition of the Detroit model.
That said, 1 > 0.
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Originally Posted by dbaz
if you are including before that, which is technically a different system, the red wings used something the canucks couldnt due to funds. detroit had the best scouting due to money other teams couldnt afford to put in, and were able to outscout other teams to find gems, they also signed top players all the time because they had the money or could afford to take on the contracts from other teams.
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Adding in this part since you edited. I'll give you the non-cap era part. That's a good point. But if you count the 04 Canucks team that should've made it to at least the conference finals, they played in the same era as the 2002 Cup winning Wings. So I'd count that cup too (on top of 08).
The scouting is something that Detroit had over everyone. That's why they were Detroit. It helped them make the playoffs for 20+ years. The limp scouting that the Canucks have had over the better part of, I don't know, 4 decades is another reason to add to the growing list of "why the Canucks won't win a Stanley Cup in the Sedin era". But it hasn't really hampered the Canucks' ability on making the playoffs during their run.
Back to the Anaheim game: Did anyone catch the fans taking a pictures of the score with less than a minute left? Very good on their part.