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1988/1989 Season Preview
Ranges are top as always, but the team feels better for having Richer and Bondra in for Vaive and Kerr. Modano also make the cut with LeClair stepping back down and Ruuttu as the 13th forward. Vaive and Kerr were 2 biggest issues last two years, their production dropped from 80 points to 60 points. Both had 50 goal seasons and 10 point seasons, but time for us to get young and faster.
Devils are second, Edwards is still a very good goalie, Coffey & Kurri, but i doubt they should be ranked this high.
3-North Stars, still have that fab four defence with Nilsson and Gartner, but all around 30. They'll be a threat, but not for much longer
4-Detroit, defending champs, and the team i'm most scared of Hasek, Fetisov, Klima Gretzky Bellows and Fleury.
5 Boston-Bobby Orr finally retired with 2598 points! Bourque Driver Hawerchuk Sakic and Makarov are are sacring line for any team.
Quebec with Gilmour and Yzerman will be a threatm as will be Edmonton, but they still haven't sorted out their defence.
Toronto and Washington are dark horses, Toronto Recchi Ridley tocchett, Naslund and Lafontaine in their top 6 with Suter in d. Washington-Scott Stvens, Leetch Fedorov Janney Ciccarelli and Vaive.
My too ealry to tell prediction will be a Detroit NY Rangers rematch.
Our LIne up
Andreychuk-Steen-Cloutier
Richer-Nieuwendyk-Neely
Kamensky-Damphousse-Bondra
Clark-Modano-Thomas
Rusto-Larson
Patrick-Iafrate
OLafsson/Park/Duchesne
Fuhr/Richter
Scrathes
Dahlin and Ruuttu
AHL
LeClair, Brind'amour, Turcotte, Racine, Lidstrom and Lang.
a lot of talent here and Modano Richer and Bondra should definatley fit our style of play.
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