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Getting ready for mad rush into playoffs

By John Buccigross
Special to ESPN.com

Monday, March 20, 2006

It's time to clean out the hockey brain before I head to Las Vegas for four days to recharge the batteries for the end of the regular season and the long playoffs. • Only Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux and Bobby Orr have had 100 assists in a single NHL season. Others came close -- Adam Oates had 97, and Doug Gilmour and Pat LaFontaine had 95-assist seasons. Will Joe Thornton join them? I wrote this back in July: "If the Boston Bruins don't offer Joe Thornton a four-year, $28 million ex ...

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