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Teams Could Miss Those That Have Left

from Ryan Kennedy of The Hockey News,

Free agency has been a fun ride so far, but sometimes you don’t know what you got ’til it’s gone. Sometimes it’s the player who doesn’t re-sign who has one of the biggest impacts on the team he leaves, which may explain why Carolina GM Jim Rutherford rarely lets any of his charges out of the family….

Nikolai Khabibulin, G – Once a Blackhawk, now an Oiler. On paper, Chicago is a Stanley Cup contender this year, except in one glaring category: goaltending. Cristobal Huet is officially the go-to guy finally, but that’s not necessarily the best news for Hawks fans….

Kyle Quincey, D – Briefly a King, now heads to the Avalanche. Quincey was actually dealt by Los Angeles to Colorado as part of the Ryan Smyth trade, along with Tom Preissing. To me, this deal was incredibly strange if you’re a Kings fan….

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