I don't know.....it's not as simple to just do a player vs. player assessment, more goes into a winning team than just a collection of players. The reality is that LA was a surprise winner both years really.....less so in 2014, but in 2012 they were coming into the playoffs as an 8 seed....getting out of the first round was a surprise. In 2014, format had changed, no longer 1-8 seed, they were 3rd place in their division, just above wild card.....but less doubt for them that year as they had done it before and people felt they were more built for playoffs, don't worry too much about regular season record.
I still look at those LA teams though....8 seed and 3rd place in division team and think Winnipeg is sitting in a better spot as a 1st place team in their division (currently anyway).
Sure it's not that simple, some teams are worse than the sum of their parts and others are better. But nobody's going to argue a team that won 2 cups and went to a 3rd conference final is worse than the sum of its parts.
The 2012 Kings were a surprise in the same way the 2019 Blues were. Horrible first half of the season, but one of the best teams in the league for the final third or so. Not exactly a Cinderella run when a team is as dominant as they were.
In 2013 and 14 the Kings and Hawks were the easy favorites no matter where they finished in the regular season. You knew one of them was winning the cup. The regular season really doesn't matter for teams that good, and the Jets just don't fall into that category yet.
Colorado, Edmonton, L.V., Dallas and Vancouver would all find room on their top 6 forwards for Scheifele, Connor, Toffoli and perhaps Ehlers and Monohan. Morrissey at worst would be a #3 on L.V., Dallas and Colorado and I'd make the arguement he'd be a #1 or 2 in Dallas...he'd unquestionably be the #1 in Edmonton and #2 in Vancouver. And other than Vancouver, Hellebuyck would be the #1 goalie in Dallas, Edmonton, Colorado and L.V.
Of course those teams would "find room" to have one teams 1st liners be their own 2nd line. But McD/Drai, Mac/Rantanen, Eichel/Stone, Miller/EP are all far better than anyone the Jets have. And that's my point. Their depth is fine but their top end talent doesn't match the other contenders.
Heiskanen vs Morrissey is a toss up for sure, but again teams like Vegas and Colorado where he'd be a #3 is certainly a problem. And the difference between Hellebuyck and the goalies in Colorado/Dallas/Vegas is much smaller than the gap in high end talent at F and D.