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Edmonton fans make bitter shift from belief to reality

By Damien Cox
Special to ESPN.com

Wednesday, February 28, 2007

The NHL likes to consider itself one of the big four of North American professional team sports. In some corners of the continent, that may actually be true. There is one area where the NHL is indeed miles ahead of the competition, and that is the activity surrounding its winter trade deadline. When the NBA's last call for deals came last week, there were lots of rumors, but in the end, three minor swaps. Major League Baseball has two confusing deadlines (sort of), while the NFL has all but ba ...

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