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Bowman's keen eye will boost Hawks' journey back to NHL prominence

By Scott Burnside
ESPN.com

Friday, August 1, 2008

It really is a simple formula. Bring in smart people, trust them to share an honest opinion and, at the end of the day, your chances of building a winner go up exponentially. Go figure. Look around the Detroit Red Wings' management table the past few seasons and you would have seen Jim Devellano, Scotty Bowman, Ken Holland, Jim Nill and Steve Yzerman coming up with answers to the team's hockey questions. When GM Holland had to decide whether to give Dominik Hasek another go-round in Detroit ...

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