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Old June 25, 2013, 11:11 AM
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Congrats to Chicago Blackhawks. Worthy champions. Best team in regular season, best team in playoffs, President trophy winner and the Stanley Cup winner. Toews has established himself as one of the best, if not the best captain in hockey. He is clutch. Lets remember that after winning in 2010, Chicago was in cap hell, and basically traded or got rid of players like- Big Buff, Andrew Ladd, Troy Brower, Kris Versteeg, Niemi, Brent Sopel, Tomas Kopecky while retaining their core. Well, in two years they have won again with new suppliment of players in Shaw, Bickell, Boland etc. All the kudos to Coach Q, GM Stan Bowman, and the main man Scotty Bowman, who won his 13th cup. Congrats once again Chicago. You have shown the league how to win in post salary cap era. You keep core players and surround them with your own draft picks that develop in the system, and not go for high prized free agents or getting a bunch of new players at the deadline.

That said, the year is finished. Now we have draft and free agency in next week. After that, this thread will be closed and we will start a new thread for next season. As per tradition, Sohel will start the new thread ( That's the incentive for him to come back : ))))
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