Very doubtful. John Gibson was always said to be a good goalie that just couldnt flourish in ANA. Put Gibson on TB or PIT and he surely has 2 Cups today.
Lundqvist, Price, maybe Shesty.... yeah youre talking about the greatest goalies of this generation. Of course those guys make a difference, but they werent on God awful teams either. Ottawa are a presently a God awful team and Ullmark isnt one of the greatest goalies.
John Gibson got to a Conference Finals in Anaheim.
And again, as I've said in many posts, Ottawa isn't actually a god awful team. They weren't last year. They had go awful goaltending which sank them.
It's not the chicken or the egg. In Ottawa, it was the egg (goaltending).
The great thing about that stats we have today is that you can, much more, accurately separate goalies from the "system".
And in Ottawa's case, the system was about average. The goalies were the worst in the league.
In Boston, the system was about average. The goalies were the best in the league.
Now, I don't expect Ottawa to be Boston of last year, because Boston had two top end goalies, so 82 games of great goaltending. Ottawa will now have one great goalie, and likely ~60 games of great goaltending.
But I fully expect the Senators and Bruins to be within ~6 or so points of each other this year (now that each team has a top starter and a shit backup).
The Senators are probably a 94-96 point team. The Bruins a 100-102 point team.