By the Numbers: '96 and the Ultimate Response to "The Trade"
Humiliated, traded, reborn. In ’96, Patrick Roy responded to "The Trade" his way—toppling the Red Wings and lifting the Stanley Cup with the Colorado Avalanche.
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