Pavelski, Burns, Giordano among veterans who haven't won the Stanley Cup

Joe Pavelski and Brent Burns made the playoffs seven times together as teammates in San Jose, reaching the conference finals and getting all the way to the Stanley Cup Final in 2016 under Peter DeBoer. Zach Parise captained New Jersey to the final in 2012.Pavelski and Ryan Suter are now teammates playing for DeBoer all over again, now with Dallas, Parise, after several years alongside Suter in Minnesota, is now with rival Colorado and Burns is the No. 1 defenseman for Carolina.

“Joe, he’s the ultimate pro," Dallas general manager Jim Nill said."He just does everything right. He’s done that his whole career.”Injuries have hampered the Wisconsin native along the way, including a concussion in the first-round opener last year. He turns 40 in July, when he will again be a free agent, so this may or may not be his last shot at the Cup.

Maybe the difference for Suter, who averages about 19 minutes per game, will be DeBoer, who is looking to take a third organization to the final and win it for the first time. It doesn't hurt to have young teammates like Miro Heiskanen and Esa Lindell leading the way on the blue line, and the addition of “Chris Tanev is a fantastic defenseman, and that allowed Suter to play less minutes where he’s going to be more effective,” former player-turned-ESPN analyst Ray Ferraro said.

“There’s a deeper appreciation for how hard it is,” said Parise, whose birthday is in July. “I always look back to my first few years in Jersey, we made it to the second round, I think, three years in a row. You’re like, ‘OK, natural progression, we’ll get to third round.’ And then all of a sudden, you get bounced a couple of times the first round. You just don’t know. It's hard.

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