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Fasten Your Seat Belts

By E.J. Hradek
ESPN The Magazine

Sunday, March 29, 2009

Editor's note: This story appears in the April 6 issue of ESPN The Magazine. Imagine being stuck on a roller coaster that gets faster and bumpier four weeks in a row. Imagine the physical ups and downs mixed with emotional upheavals, and now you know what the players, coaches and suits of contending teams must endure as the NHL season winds down. (For a peek at the NHL playoffs scramble, click here.) Consider what's at stake. In each conference, a half dozen or so teams are battling for final p ...

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