It is an interesting dilemma, for sure. I would say that the older team had more talent, when you're talking about Larionov and Robitaille on the 3rd line, you're talking about some talent. At the same time Avs had Sacic, Forsberg, Foote, at or near their peaks. There was a handful of good teams including Wings at this time, so I agree that to compare you'd have to look at Wings vs. the league, and it is a mighty difficult task with all the parity cause by salary cap.