While Jean-Sebastien Giguere only finished as high as fourth place in Vezina Trophy voting (2007-08), he will always be known for his playoff performances with the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim/Mighty Ducks. It was in the 2003 Playoffs that Giguere led the lower-seeded Mighty Ducks to the Stanley Cup Finals, where they faced the juggernaut Detroit Red Wings. Giguere couldn’t take them to victory, but he had a postseason leading 1.62 Goals Against Average and .945 Save Percentage and was named the Conn Smythe Trophy winner.
Daniel Briere was another of those undersized, skilled forwards who had to rely on the non-physical aspects of hockey. Luckily, he was pretty good at it!