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Before those chapters were closed, the two shared the highs that were ‘Excited to do this together’: Ex-Ducks Corey Perry, Andrew Cogliano in five straight Pacific Division titles and dramatic playoff victories mixed Cup hunt with inexplicable Game 7 losses at home and postseason stays that either ended early or culminated with an inability to squeeze teams out when they were in their clutches. By Eric Stephens Sep 16, 2020 Funny how situations sometimes work out even better in the end. “It’s really tough to comprehend but then you start thinking back on your With what might have been the best viewpoint of anyone outside of days in Anaheim,” said Cogliano, who re-made himself into a defensive Robin Lehner and referee Steve Kozari, Corey Perry saw Denis whiz and penalty killer extraordinaire over seven and a half seasons with Gurianov’s now-signature moment, a scorching one-timer zip off the the Ducks. “And you start thinking about how close you were and those Vegas netminder’s glove. He reflexively threw his hands up into the air. feelings of playing in those games with those guys there and how good our teams were. Perry turned around, took a couple of strides toward his merry Dallas teammates and then, as if a switch went on inside his head, immediately “I still think about the Chicago series. That series still tears me up reversed course and had something else on his mind. because I still think that was a year where we could have won, and we were right there. But now, you’re on the other side of it last night, when The puck. Get it. you beat a good Vegas team in five games which is not very easy to do. “It’s funny,” Perry told The Athletic on Tuesday in the aftermath of the … Hopefully, it keeps trending in the same direction and we keep doing Stars’ Game 5 overtime triumph in the Western Conference finals that what we’re doing.” sent them to their first Stanley Cup Final in 20 years. “I did it after Game Looking back, Perry thinks about the “tough, tough breaks in Anaheim.” 7 in the series before. I was on the ice when we scored. Went instantly The Game 7 defeats and even those Game 6 losses where they failed to and grabbed the puck. put away teams like Detroit (2013 first round), Los Angeles (2014 second “I thought, ‘Why not?’ and do it again.” round), Chicago (2015 West finals) and Nashville (2016 first round). When you become one of the final two teams standing and, in this most “Heartbreakers,” he said. unusual of seasons, are traveling the road of the playoffs in one city It made him wonder if he’d ever get another opportunity to play for the within a bubble that only a few are permitted inside, you try to secure any Cup.