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pre-Edge Sabres/Ducks against a team that completely overhauled logo/colors/uni the next season:

First year of those Nuggets unis, last year of those Grizzlies unis First year of that North Star uni (they had ditched their classic uni after the '91 Finals) and the last year of that Penguins uni Here are a few involving the final year of the Minnesota North Stars- and those unis- against some 1992-93 debuted unis: First year of the Florida Panthers (and those jerseys), last year of that version of the Blues jerseys:

Heat-Lakers was Lamar Odom in Miami vs. Kobe in the white jersey (Odom only spent 1 year in Miami), and the Cavs-Heat pic was Odom in Miami vs. Carlos Boozer in the first year of that Cavs jersey. I mean, Odom vs. Boozer in the East only happened that year (Both went West in the offseason) and Odom/Kobe have either been Laker teammates or playing on different LA teams save for that brief Dallas stint It's not just rare uniforms- it's rare team matchups, and there have been so many instances of one-year only situational matchups, team or individual.

Ron Hextall in his one year with Quebec, at old Expo Hall where the Lightning initially played when they were a Campbell Conference team Now THAT's a rare matchup

The actual uniforms are better than what they wear now. It was moreso the pre-Edge 2006-07 uni that I thought was their least offensive. The Edge-era jerseys weren't as good.

Only 2 seasons (1999-2000)

Can we use NASCAR and rare car paint scheme coincidences? There have been years when some cars were around only one season at the same time.

2002 was the only season the Bills wore those unis on the old turf.

Jets/Dolphins 1997- Last year of those Jets unis/first year of those Miami unis

Here are some other one season only's:

The Buffalo Sabres slug uniforms weren't that bad.

One season together (1995-96) Two seasons together (1995-1997) 1996-97 Two seasons together (2000-2002) One season together (2001-02)

The NBA has had a lot of these examples: Suns/Lakers Blazers/Sonics Mavericks/Blazers Blazers/Nuggets Suns/Mavericks Other sports Sabres/Flames Leafs/Flames Bruins/Flames