Breakout Stars and One-Hit Wonders of the 2010 Stanley Cup Playoffs

by Bruce Ciskie

Filed under: Avalanche, Blackhawks, Canadiens, Canucks, Capitals, Flyers, Sharks, NHL Playoffs

Most coaches will feed lines about how their team's "best players have to be our best players" come playoff time.

While this statement is obviously true, and the championship contenders will usually see it happen, the role players are the ones to watch.

More often than not, we'll get to see a handful of relative unknowns who use the Stanley Cup playoffs as a springboard to bigger and better things in the future.

We'll also see guys perform big in the playoffs, then fizzle out after that, as the weight of expectations just becomes too much to bear.

With that in mind, who are the breakout stars and one-hit wonders from the 2010 playoffs?

 

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