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Found September 12, 2009 on SportingNews.com:
PLAYERS: Ryan Miller,  Thomas Vanek,  Tim Connolly,  Jaroslav Spacek,  Steve Montador,  Joe DiPenta,  Mike Grier,  Chris Drury,  Brian Campbell,  Craig Rivet,  Toni Lydman,  Henrik Tallinder,  Tyler Myers,  Andrej Sekera,  Chris Butler,  Mike Weber,  Derek Roy,  Jason Pominville,  Drew Stafford,  Dominic Moore,  Clarke MacArthur,  Paul Gaustad,  Jochen Hecht,  Daniel Paille,  Matt Ellis,  Patrick Lalime,  Mathieu Darche,  Michael Funk,  Ales Kotalik,  Colin Murphy
TEAMS: Buffalo Sabres,  Montreal Canadiens,  New York Rangers,  Chicago Blackhawks,  Vancouver Canucks

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By Chuck Gormley, Sporting News Yearbooks   Every day in September leading into the Oct. 1 season openers, Sporting News will preview an NHL team, counting backward from its July 24 Power Poll.   The way the Buffalo Sabres see it, a healthy Ryan Miller in goal would have been the difference between getting into last season's playoffs and falling two points short.   They also surmise that if Thomas Vanek and Tim Connolly stay off the injured list this season, they will end their two-year streak of finishing 10th in the Eastern Conference.   Perhaps that's why they were so quiet in the offseason, only replacing reliable defenseman Jaroslav Spacek with the less expensive and less talented Steve Montador, coaxing free-agent defenseman Joe DiPenta to flee Sweden and bringing rugged forward Mike Grier back to Buffalo.   If Sabres fans were not impressed with general manager Darcy Regier's summer game plan, they can take solace kno...
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