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The 1969-70 season ends with Detroit and Portland topping the standings.
Detroit faces San Diego in the final for the 2nd straight year and the Red Wings win their 4th straight Cup! The Gulls do win 2 games however.
In a blockbuster trade Chicago sent Phil Esposito to Montreal in exchange for Serge Savard.
Hull (112), Rod Gilbert of the Rangers (105) and Mikita (102) become the first 3 players to top 100 points.
Buffalo finishes with 4 wins, no ties and 8 points. They only scored 84 goals and gave up 463 for a negative 379 goal total.
Buffalo rookie goalie Dan Bouchard has 0 wins and 27 losses with a 7.19 GAA in 48 games. In 65 games Jim McLeod has 4 wins and 40 losses and a 6.02 GAA.
As a result the NHL seriously considers putting a hold on further expansion. The WHL makes no comment.
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