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Teams search for capable backups

By By Jim Wilkie
NHL Insider

Wednesday, October 22, 2003

An abundance of quality goalies, or at least able-bodied and capable goalies, has created a buyers' market for netminders in the NHL. Combined with teams' reluctance to make a move so early in the season, it looks as though a few clubs with excess goalies will have to hang tight until injuries or slumps create needs later in the season. Until then, a few teams will have to keep shelling out big money for a roster spot they'd rather use on a less-expensive and more serviceable skater. "You can' ...

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