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I'll never forget walking down the hallway in Buffalo and bumping into Canucks G.M. Brian Burke and what he said after the Stars beat the Sabres, 2-1, in triple overtime of Game 6 of the 1999 Stanley Cup finals. "Wow!" Burke said. "The Stars and Sabres proved you could keep the fans on the edge of their seats without scoring goals. It might be like standing over a snake with one foot on his neck, squeezing the life out of him, but ..."
The Stars outscored the Sabres, 13-9, in the series for the lowest-scoring six-game final in Cup history. But I've always been able to appreciate teams--even if they preached defense first--that find an identity and stick with it.