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Sun Belted

By E.J. Hradek
ESPNMAG.com

Thursday, November 2, 2000

Isn't it time for Gary Bettman to send the NHL's Southeast Division to the AHL? Couldn't he call up the Hartford Wolf Pack and a bunch of its minor league colleagues to take the place of the Canes, Thrashers, Panthers, Caps and Lightning? (Hey, commish, the people in central Connecticut would love you for it.) As Halloween night turned into Nov. 1, there weren't many things scarier than the combined record of the Southeast's Big Five. The frightening numbers: 9-22-16-5. That's right, just nine ...

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