>>It's about time!
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>>I'll follow the Montreal Canadians all the way to their winning of the Stanley cup.
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>>Now with the salary cap it'll be tougher for an owner to buy the cup.
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>I honestly do not think they can get past the Flyers who are my pick to come out of the East this year, but will, of course, lose the the Stars in the Finals in 6 games. I do not see a team with a better first 2 lines than Dallas. Their 3rd line could be a 1st or 2nd on most teams as well. Remember, the Stars still have Modano, Zubov, Letinen, Arnott, Morrow, Guerin, really good and fast young players plus an excellent goalie who can handle the puck better than most even with the new goalie rules. Zubov was already a fast defenseman with laser accurate passes. It will be interesting to say the least to see what he can do for our scorers without being hindered like he was in the past.
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>I just hope the league and referees stay with the new rules and not allow it to backslide to what it used to be. If they do, the Stars are in big trouble. They no longer have the sledge-hammer type of players.

Hmm I guess that you forgot some things. And to me you have some things wrong.

I agree with you that the flyers will lose to Dallas but then Dallas will lose to the Canadians ;-)

We have one of the best goalies in the league. We have good players. Koivu, Kovalev, Ribeiro... We have ... Anyways not really important what we have at this point. Right now every team is a winning team.

Like you I hope that the NEW rules will stick throughout the season.

After 15 games we whould have a good idea of every team's value.