Jersey dominated the Avs team at home in 2022, especially in the 3rd period(I would I'd say that Avs team is probably the best team of the last ten years as well), and all those top players are better now, since then they took out NYR and then had an off season, largely due to injuries. Remember, they started out on fire. Jack Hughes was leading the NHL in scoring and although I don't see him scoring 140 lsat year if healthy, I think he'd have easily been in the 110 range. That ruined their momentum and they never recovered. It's NJD, and it's not even close.