Jere Lehtinen was easily one of the unsung heroes of the Dallas Stars' run to the Stanley Cup, but considering he played all 14 of his seasons in Texas, the team clearly knew what they had.

When you think of the Philadelphia Flyers in the 1970s, you automatically come up with the images of the bruising “Broad Street Bullies”, the pounding and bruising team that won and fought a lot.  That is all fine and good (and it was pretty good), but you still needed hockey players to put the puck in the net.  Rick MacLeish could do just that.

While Gordon “Red” Berenson would win a Stanley Cup with the Montreal Canadiens in 1965, he really did not have much to do with that title.  Unable to find a permanent spot on their roster, he would be traded to the New York Rangers.  Still, it was when he was traded to the expansion St. Louis Blues in the 1967-68 season that he would not just find a place in the professional ranks but in a starring capacity.