Quoting: JeffGorton
No he doesnt. That Vancouver team is on the hottest streak. Its false confidence. Boeser and Hronek will not be this good next year. Demko will regress slightly. Theyll be a wild card team next year.
And Montreal will still be a lottery team next year, seeing as they only have two top 6 caliber forwards, mediocre goaltending, and an average at best defense
Hughes and Hronek are better than any Habs dmen
Miller is better than any Habs forward. Boeser arguably is
Mikheyev, Garland, and Kuzmenko are better than any Habs forward outside of Suzuki and Caufield. Hoglander and Suter arguably are as well (as are Joshua and Blueger but they aren’t signed for next year so won’t count them)
Demko is miles better than Montembeault and Allen
We also have pretty good prospects coming up as well
But yes, Pettersson definitely has a better chance to win on the 26th ranked team instead of the 1st ranked team