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It's the most wonderful time of the year

By John Buccigross
Special to ESPN.com

Monday, March 6, 2006

First Period -- And we'll all float on, all right! The American Revolution was unraveling in December 1776. Victory appeared to be as fleeting as a Darius Kasparaitis power play goal. (None in six years. There have now been two Olympics since D.K.'s last PPG.) In 1776, throngs of Americans were signing paperwork proclaiming allegiance to the king when Admiral Lord Richard Howe offered pardons. The confidence of the Chris Chelios-aged George Washington was somewhere between that of Robert Esche ...

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