Ross thinks that the present club is even greater than in 1929-30, when the "dynamite line" of Wieland-Clapper-Gamer set the most prolific scoring clip ever paced in the N.H.L.
Ross analyzes his 1938 line-up as better balanced and stronger all around than the great machine of earlier days. "Now." Ross says, "we have three scoring lines, something we didn't have in 1929. Our defence is far superior. Then we had only Fred Hitel and Eddie Shore.
Now we have Shore and three more good defence men and Thompson is a better goalie now than he was then.
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