I think people are missing the point of this. A meta archetype will emerge. Maybe after 2 seasons, maybe after 5. But once that is found the job of a balancing department would be to fix that. Tweak the archetypes continually until there's no longer a meta.

Trella is on point. You can build a great team with all the right parts but unless you're telling people exactly how to build their players you're not gonna have a chance to compete against the teams that do. No disrespect to those teams either, they've built dynasties, but we as a league have sacrificed the role playing of being hockey players in turn.