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Rex Kirkby had a slower season than normal and did not even manage to crack the forty point barrier however it was not that bad because everything else in life seemed to be coming together. While a lot of people were having a tough year the move to Philadelphia really helped Rex. He had become some what of a journey man in recent seasons but his arrival in Philly had a feeling of finality about it and that made him happy. The gradual slowdown of his career meant that he was happy to head to a team that was not necessarily going to perform that well on the ice as long as it meant that he could use his veteran presence to mentor the next generation of elite defensemen. Surprisingly though Philly performed above expectations in the regular season and managed to make it to the post season where they put up a decent fight before being eliminated by Baltimore.

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a: I think at this point its more or less obvious that Chicago are basically tampering their way to success. All and sundry from Newfoundland are just happening to find themselves going to free agency or throwing a tantrum to avoid being traded to another team. Without this its unlikely they would be anywhere near the cup finals. [57]

b: This one is easily in Buffalos favour especially now that Chicago has been moved to the chronically weak Western Conference where their pathway to the conference finals is more or less guaranteed with the derth of competition. On top of this teams can fluke their way to a couple of finals where as long term consistency is the real challenge. [60]

c: In fairness to Chicago they have updated the logo and the alternate is pretty fresh even though it for some reason has four stars on it when they've only won one championship. However their old logo was completely terrible. Weird looking prune man thing and basically copying the Boston Bruins unis in their entirity. [54]

d: Kind of biased on this one because I am a defenseman but I think Alexis Metzler is probably the best player to play for either of these teams. He was a three time first team all star, a two time scott stevens winning defenseman with a further two nominations and he comes in at 5th all time in defenseman points with 697. [62]

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15. trivia verification word: Boats

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