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Sabres moving in a youthful direction

By Brian A. Shactman
ESPN.com

Thursday, June 28, 2001

It was another vintage season for the Buffalo Sabres -- a solid regular season followed by a feisty postseason run which fell short of the Stanley Cup. Not Dom Perignon, but not Sutter Home, either. The Sabres held on to captain Mike Peca, who held out the entire season, instead of trading him. They also kept Dominik Hasek, who they knew they couldn't afford once his option year kicked in for $9 million, because he was the key element to a Cup run. But if they were that close to a Cup, why didn' ...

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