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'He carried us'

DK: Karlsson's Stanley Cup chase just beginning

By Dejan Kovacevicin Cranberry, Pa.

The legitimately great Marcel Dionne, Jarome Iginla, Henrik Lundqvist, Dale Hawerchuk, Gilbert Perreault, Mike Gartner, Pavel Bure, Adam Oates, Mats Sundin, Norm Ullman and so many more have hung up the skates without the hoisting the Stanley Cup. Erik Karlsson's got no interest in being labeled any such way. Never has, actually.Read More

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