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Our (sometimes wacky) '09 predictions

By Scott Burnside and Pierre LeBrun
ESPN.com

Monday, December 29, 2008

What can we expect from the NHL in 2009? Here are 10 picks to ponder: Scott Burnside 1. The new year will see the end of Nicklas Lidstrom's stranglehold on the Norris Trophy for the NHL's best defenseman. Lidstrom has won six of the past seven Norris Trophies, but at age 38, he is just now starting to act his age. This isn't to suggest Lidstrom's game is in decline; he had 24 points in his first 34 games and was a more-than-respectable plus-13. Still, those numbers pale in comparison to the ...

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