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Rarely has hockey seen anything like this, a tidal shift of talent in such a short time. Its final push took until the wee hours of Saturday night, minutes before free-agency day was to strike.
The deals could have triggered a massive shift of power in the NHL except for one thing: the Colorado Avalanche stayed ahead of everyone.
By re-signing center Joe Sakic, goalie Patrick Roy and defenseman Rob Blake, the Avs made the boldest moves of all, even if not a single moving truck is involved. Keeping a Stanley Cup championship team together is among the hardest tasks of all, one the Avs kept everyone guessing whether they could pull off.
This took ...
Source: HighBeam Research, Tidal shift of talent swamps the NHL.(The Gazette)