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 How do West teams stand up? Hawks, Sharks big winners - NHL
How do West teams stand up? Hawks, Sharks big winners - NHL
Since the start of the free-agency period (noon ET on July 1), almost 90 free agents have either signed with their previous clubs or found new homes around the NHL, signing deals that collectively will pay about $500 million well into the future. (And that doesn't take into account the $35 million deal Jaromir Jagr signed with Russian club Avangard Omsk, although no one is really sure whether ...
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KK Hockey — from Scott Burnside of ESPN, Here’s a look at where the teams in the Western Conference stack up after a week of free agency, which has left the cupboard bare with the exception of a handful of players… Check out our Eastern Conference trends here.  Chicago Blackhawks Tallon overpaid for both; but if the emerging Hawks become a playoff team, it will be worth every penny to a long-floundering Original Six team around whom there is now a palpable buzz. Now the pressure is on everyone from Campbell to Huet to coach Denis Savard not to screw it all up. Trending: Up read on

ESPN Profiles the Eastern and Western Conferences
IllegalCurve.com — Scott Burnside figures its never too early to start ranking the teams, so he has compiled a list of how all the NHL teams are looking for next year. Read the Eastern Conference trends here. Read the Western Conference trends here.

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