>>>I hope you're right, I'm hoping that the Stars win if only because a couple of the players, Mike Keane and Eddie "Dr. Evil" Belfour are from my neck of the woods. I actually played against Belfour in the early 80's in the Manitoba Junior Hockey League when he played for the Winkler Flyers.
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>>>It's just that the Devils look too powerful right now . . .
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>>Alan,
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>>You and Mark may be getting ahead of yourselves. The Stars have to get past the Avs first, and the Avs have more team speed than the Stars. That's going to make for an interesting series.
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>>Finally, don't talk to me about "The Eagle". How the Blackhawks ever let him (and some others) go is still a subject that sends me into a fit of depression.
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>As in baseball where good pitching will beat good hitting most days, the Stars, now quite healthy, and their stifling defense will beat team speed most days. Then, when there is a breakdown, The Eagle, 93% of the time, is there to clean up the mess. I predict many 2-to-1 games.

Mark, and this applies to all sports, speed can be a killer if you don't have it. You can't teach or coach it or train it if it ain't there. Careful.

>Hey, the 'hawks still have Amonte don't they? I am sure they can trade him for some more beans to add to their collection. :] Now, what did they get for Chelios? Pintos or Limas? :]

Yes, the 'hawks still have Amonte (lone bright spot). But what did I do to you for you to treat me so cruelly? Before you had even posted a message with the birth announcement in your sig, I sent you a private of congratulations. And this is how you treat me. I hope that the White Sox murder the Rangers, so there!