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Stars shine bright in the West

By Barry Melrose
Special to ESPN.com

Friday, October 11, 2002

The Los Angeles Kings looked pretty strong offensively, opening the season scoring four goals against Sean Burke. Their power play was No. 1 last year, and it's carrying over. Do you think a hot start, coupled with the San Jose Sharks missing Evgeni Nabokov and Brad Stuart, and the Dallas Stars clearly needing to establish chemistry, will be enough for the Kings to win the Pacific? -- Ben Cooper, Boston  Guerin Melrose: The Kings are a good team -- certainly a playoff team -- but I don' ...

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