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AHL is a perfect replacement

By John Buccigross
Special to ESPN.com

Tuesday, October 26, 2004

When a love like the NHL has left you, you look for distractions. Right now, I have the Boston Red Sox, an upcoming REM concert, the Garden State movie soundtrack and the Baltimore Ravens cheerleaders' uniforms. From the Blackhawks' Mark Bell to Mark Bellhorn. From Rem Murray to REM, from Patrik Elias to Garden State and from the Canadiens' classic uniforms to the Ravens cheerleaders' classic uniforms. The NHL's big "freeze out" has not quite sunk in yet I write my columns on Sunday nights an ...

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