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Slow starts from Ducks, Flyers a surprise ... and what's this about a bet?

By Scott Burnside and Pierre LeBrun
ESPN.com

Friday, October 17, 2008

Editor's note: Our weekly "Faceoff" returns this season as ESPN.com NHL writers Scott Burnside (based in Atlanta) and Pierre LeBrun (based in Toronto) duke it out over any given hockey topic. Let the games begin! This week's topic: With the NHL season just over a week old, what are your biggest surprises so far? Scott Burnside: Hello, Pierre. Gee, hard to believe the NHL season (in North America, at least) is just a week old. The Alexei Cherepanov tragedy, the sudden (and, daresay, the shocki ...

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