Stanley Cup Checklist: Analyzing the rosters of the Western Conference playoff teams

Each year, we take a look at each playoff team through the lens of our Stanley Cup Checklist, a rubric based on the success of past Cup-winning teams that was updated last season.This year, the thresholds were slightly modified after the Florida Panthers won their second straight championship last spring. We’re also now only focusing only on the last decade of champions to reflect recent shifts in player value better.Here’s how the eight playoff teams in the West stack up.