Melbourne players are talking of building a dynasty after their premiership win on Sunday night.

While the salary cap makes it almost impossible to have sustained success, the Storm, who played in their second successive grand final, believe they have the talent and depth to be high-flyers for years.

"I don't want to put too much pressure on the boys, but we've certainly got the guys to do it, we've got the coaching staff to do it," skipper Cameron Smith said. "There's good things to come. The core of the group will still be here next year. It's very unique what we've got down in Melbourne. Every guy who's pulled on a purple jersey this year has played well, whether he's an 18-year-old kid, a bloke on debut, a bloke playing his 10th game."

The Roosters made three straight grand finals between 2002-04, however the last team to win successive titles was Brisbane, in 1992-93.

The Storm have lost Matt King to Warrington and Ben Cross to Newcastle and may also be without Clint Newton and Garret Crossman for their premiership defence, but they are blessed with depth.

"I really do believe that this team might go down as one of the real special teams," centre King said.

But veteran Matt Geyer said a dynasty would have to come at a cost. "They've got the base there but we've got so many good blokes who are in the mid-20s or younger and it's up to them," he said. "I think … if they decided to stay together, a few of the guys may have to take a pay cut - they're not going to be able to stay together and get what they're worth so it's a decision that the players individually are going to have to make. But if they do stay together … there's something special there."

What pleases coach Craig Bellamy most is that the team has been built largely from the ground up. "We couldn't attract regular first-graders or good first-graders," he said. "To get them to Melbourne, we had to pay them more. The only really established first-graders we've bought are [Michael] Crocker, [Anthony] Quinn - Clint [Newton] came this year. Other than that, there've been kids who have come through our system or guys who struggled to play first grade at other clubs."