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Fans: Feel the power

By John Buccigross
Special to ESPN.com

Tuesday, October 28, 2003

While attending Heidelberg College in the mid '80s, my buddy Dan Kerchner had a phrase when someone was saying something of little substance: "BLADDLE, BLADDLE, BLADDLE!" So whenever I hear Bruins owner Jeremy Jacobs say how much money his Bruins are losing or when Ottawa Senators captain Daniel Alfredsson says the players will NEVER accept a salary cap, Kersh's "BLADDLE, BLADDLE, BLADDLE," echoes through my head in Dolby surround sound. Are they all blind to what's going on? Do they understan ...

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