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In 10 years, South-least will be a beast

By John Buccigross
Special to ESPN.com

Tuesday, April 13, 2004

Like the last person to traverse the globe following Wang Chung from city to city, I'm a lonely voice when it comes to contracting teams. I'm against it. I believe NHL hockey is a relatively young sport in the United States. As we mentioned a couple of weeks ago, as recently as the late 60s, there were only four teams in the United States and very little television coverage. When television coverage was prevalent, it was hardly "Hockey Night in Canada." Additionally, to reap a larger NHL fan ba ...

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