There are few NHL stars who simply hit the ground running upon their arrival in the league and emerged steadily as dominant players in the world’s top league. Most players go through ups and downs in their early seasons and then reach a jump-off point from which their careers take off. In the case of Claude Giroux, we will start to find out next season if his outstanding run during the Stanle

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