If there is one moment Capitals fans remember from the 1998 playoffs, it is overtime of Game 6 against Buffalo when Joe Juneau scored to send Washington to their first — and, so far, only — Stanley Cup Finals.
That moment is not possible without David Poile convincing his Boston counterpart Harry Sinden to give up on a former fourth-round pick who had just scored 102 points the previous season. In return came a 12-game rental in Al Iafrate, who did enough to help the Bruins make the playoffs and go two rounds.