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Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA
Somebody else can eyeball this list and see if I'm missing something but I think Pittsburgh is the first team to win a Cup one year after losing in the finals since Montreal did it in 1968 (beating St.Louis) after losing (to Toronto) in 1967. |
The Oilers did the same thing when they won their first cup...the comparisons eerily very close. They lost to the Islanders in '83 but then beat them the following year. Gretzky and Crosby...Messier and Malkin (don't play the same game but are great talents)...Fuhr and Fleury...pretty cool.
EDIT: What fid said.