This card is here as a tribute to John of Old School Breaks , who recently held one awesome group break and is also a die-hard New Jersey Devils fan. As John will tell you, Claude Lemieux has played for several teams in his NHL career. He's still clicking along as a member of the San Jose Sharks. But he's probably most known either as a Montreal Canadien or a Devil. I know him as a Devil, and what a devil he was. He was awesome in the 1995 postseason, the year the Devils won the Cup. But he's also one dirty-ass player, and for years was considered the most hated man in hockey -- by opponents, of course. But another reason why I'm featuring this card is because Lemieux shares my birthday. And I don't simply mean he was born the same day I was. I mean he was born the same day AND year that I was. So the exact day my mother was giving birth in Buffalo, New York, little Claude was being born in a hospital in Buckingham, Quebec (I assume he was born in a hospital,...
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