I think the Devils are likely still a couple years away from being true Cup contenders. Just look how long Edmonton's core of McDavid, Draisaitl, Nugent-Hopkins, Nurse, etc. took to make serious runs in the playoffs.

I have some of the same concerns about Dallas. Johnston, Stankhoven, Harley, Bourque are all very young. Hard to find teams with that many young players on their roster winning the Cup.