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Portland Pioneers
Many pundits believe Portland had the best draft in the league, largely because of balance. Many teams seemed to focus either offensively or defensively, but Portland landed Jaromir Jagr and Pierre Turgeon to lead the attack, Brian Leetch and Shea Weber on defense and a solid goalie tandem of Mike Vernon and Tiny Thompson. Dion Phaneuf will likely hold a top-pair defensive slot to start, but is expected to eventually be supplanted by Weber.