'It's a hard lesson': Former Dallas Stars players open up about what it's like to play for...

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In the process, the two helped Dallas win five division championships, two Western Conference championships and the 1999 Stanley Cup. "It's a hard lesson, but it's worth it, and I think the players there will learn that," Modano said. "You sacrifice scoring, but you also do a lot of winning, and that's a pretty good trade." Modano said good players learn the value of two-way hockey. He said that superstars in Detroit and Colorado had to embrace the idea back in his day and that players in Chicago and Los Angeles have done it more recently. "You just can't play that fire wagon hockey all of the time," he said. "It's fun, but it just doesn't work." Stars analyst Craig Ludwig also played for Hitchcock

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