It is always compelling for hockey fans to get behind a single long-suffering NHL star as he seeks a Stanley Cup title. However, it is more compatible with the nature of the sport when a team harbors more than one high-profile veteran with the same 35-pound gap in his trophy case.
That was true of the 2001 Colorado Avalanche, whom Ray Bourque joined in ending a career-long, 22-year drought but also had decade-plus veteran Rob Blake quenching his own thirst.
Two years prior, it was true of a host of Dallas Stars, including then-decade-long veteran Mike Modano and 12-year league member Brett Hull.
More recently, satisfaction came better late than never for Teemu Selanne and Rob Niedermayer, just to name two of the 2007 Anaheim Ducks.
Today, one-time superstars and now aging veterans Daniel Alfredsson and Jarome Iginla are each functioning as magnets for headlines with their respective quests after consistently coming up short since entering the league in the mid-1990s. If they find fulfillment in their new garb, there will be at least a handful of teammates likewise taking their first celebratory close-up with Lord Stanley.
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