Post by NoMich on Aug 20, 2006 11:36:36 GMT -5
No guarantees for Canes' title defense
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Six players whose names will be engraved on the Cup are gone, five as free agents and one by trade. There are three new arrivals.
Is that too much turnover? Not enough? In August, it's easy to be optimistic and hard to be certain.
Of the past 20 teams to win the Stanley Cup, only one has missed the playoffs the next season, while a quarter have gone back to the finals and half have made it at least to the conference finals -- halfway to a repeat.
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Six players whose names will be engraved on the Cup are gone, five as free agents and one by trade. There are three new arrivals.
Is that too much turnover? Not enough? In August, it's easy to be optimistic and hard to be certain.
Of the past 20 teams to win the Stanley Cup, only one has missed the playoffs the next season, while a quarter have gone back to the finals and half have made it at least to the conference finals -- halfway to a repeat.
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