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As a Rangers fan, I'm glad to see that the rebuilding has begun. They re-signed Petrovicky and LaCouture, who at times looked like the only guys trying every night. They traded away Jurassic Mark and Brian Leetch, and Lindros is on borrowed time. They apparently don't expect Richter back since they got a goalie from Edmonton, Markkanen. I'm a bit miffed that Sather is going to coach the team again this year, and that they didn't make enough of an effort to get a REAL coach like Keenan or Bowman. The trade rumor in NY now is Lindros to Detroit for Joseph now that the Wings have picked up Hasek's option. Lindros doesn't want to go, but if he turns down the trade the Rangers will just buy his contract out and cut him. The Rangers are also looking to sign Federov. I don't like that one though.
As for the teams that actually will matter this season, I think Colorado just pulled off the deal of the season. Kariya and Selanne together again along with Detroit falling apart at the seams has to make the Avs the Cup favorite, especially if the Lindros-Joseph thing happens. Sakic and Forsberg play well together, but since either Sakic or Forsberg is usually injured at any given moment, having another productive tandem that knows each other's style of play and has lots of time playing together will really make Colorado dangerous. They should be lighting up the scoreboard every night. Plus, they've both taken HUGE pay cuts to come to Colorado together, so it allows the team lots of flexibility to go out and stack that team even more. If they can land a big name goalie to replace Roy I think you might as well go ahead and engrave the cup right now.
-Mikey
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