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There's beauty beneath the bottom line

By Damien Cox
Special to ESPN.com

Thursday, January 9, 2003

If the NHL can't get through this season without the gloom-and-doom of business realities taking center stage, just imagine what next season will be like. With the expiration date on the Collective Bargaining Agreement set for September 2004, how 30 teams -- if 30 still exist -- will be able to avoid the perception of a lame duck 2003-04 season enough to make the 2004 World Cup be anything but an aesthetic and commercial disaster remains to be seen. As it stands, there's enough trouble with th ...

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