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Canucks caught in a holding pattern

By Mike Heika
Special to ESPN.com

Sunday, September 28, 2003

On one hand, Vancouver Canucks GM Brian Burke has assembled a very nice group of talented players on a limited budget and his team should again challenge for 100 points. On the other hand, Burke keeps coming up one step short of letting his team go for it in the face of a very heated conference race. So what does it all mean? Maybe that Canucks fans are simply going to have to wait for the new CBA to be signed before they can entertain real dreams of winning a Stanley Cup. Burke is one of the ...

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