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Youngsters vying for roster spots

By By Jim Wilkie
NHL Insider

Wednesday, September 24, 2003

With all due respect to 2002-03 Calder Trophy winner Barret Jackman of the St. Louis Blues, last season's rookie class was unimpressive. Detroit's Henrik Zetterberg led all first-year players with 22 goals and 44 points, the lowest point total for a rookie scoring leader since 1995-96 when Daniel Alfredsson scored 43 points. This season figures to be different as more rookies and more talented rookies are close to cracking lineups because of tight-fisted spending with the end of the collectiv ...

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