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Are You Ready For Hockey Season? Eastern Conference Previews 7

Posted on September 24, 2009 by Scott Weldon
Sidney Crosby and Pittsburgh won the 2009 Stanley Cup.

Sidney Crosby and Pittsburgh won the 2009 Stanley Cup.

The start of the NHL season is a couple of weeks away and this is my attempt to evaluate what’s happened in the off-season and what it means for the new hockey year.

This is my look at the Eastern Conference. I’ve taken a look at each team in the order they finished last year and postulated how they’ll finish this year.

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