Best #2 Overall Team Since 2000-2001 Group D Match 5: 2003 Stars vs. 2007 Sabres

[tony d]

Thanks everyone for voting in the polls so far, we'll finish Group D today with 2 matches.

Our 1st match of the day is between the 2003 Stars (2-0-0) vs. the 2007 Sabres (2-0-0)

https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/DAL/2003.html
https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/BUF/2007.html

The winner of this match wins Group D.

The 2003 Stars got my vote.

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[Ajacied]

The Stars were insanely stacked back then:

Jere Lehtinen - Mike Modano - Ulf Dahlen
Brenden Morrow - Jason Arnott - Bill Guerin
Stu Barnes - Pierre Turgeon - Scott Young
Rob DiMaio - Manny Malhotra - Steve Ott

Kirk Muller, Niko Kapanen, Claude Lemieux

Darian Hatcher - Sergei Zubov
Philippe Boucher - Darryl Sydor
Richard Matvichuk - Stephane Robidas

Marty Turco
Ron Tugnutt

Lot's of nastiness (Morrow, Ott, Lemieux, DiMaio, Guerin, Arnott, Hatcher, Boucher, Robidas and Matvichuk - ouch) and experience. Roster as a whole didn't have the chemistry as hoped, though, the Young-Turgeon duo didn't seem to connect as hoped and Hatcher and Matvichuk's game didn't really translate to this era anymore.

 

[Samsonite23]

Are they playing before or after the lockout?

 

[DitchMarner]

The Stars roster from that season looks absolutely stacked and the team did perform very well, but the Sabres won the President's Trophy in 2007 and almost made it to the SCF.

I'll go with BUF.

 

[Beerz]

Yeah. Sabres win in 2007... Stars win in 2003.

I voted Sabres cuz I'm a homer

 

[Fugazy]

2003 Stars.

 

[Dogewow]

Not trying to be that guy, but why are the Sabres in this?

They had the same amount of points, but won more games than the 2007 Red Wings. They also won the presidents trophy that year. Shouldn't they be in the Best #1 Overall team tournament? Did I miss something?

Idk, I'll see myself out.