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There might be a long way to go before another season gets started, but when it does, lessons can be learned from this one. Among them is that a well-constructed, low-payroll team with good goaltending can win. But the Wild and Mighty Ducks already proved that. The Hurricanes proved it, too. Now the Lightning and Flames have proved it. That, however, is another column for another time, and there will be plenty of time to write that one over the next few months.
Three other things the 2003-04 season taught us:
1. Nothing is won in July.
This shouldn't really be news to anyone. But sometimes, in those long, hot, hockeyless summer days, it's ...