northwest explorsure:warning signs for avs and oils

Minnesota, Calgary and Vancouver figure to be better. Allan Muir wonders if this is the year Colorado falls off the map.Colorado over the years has lost some all-star players(ie:Forsberg,Tanguay ect...)and sakic might retire sooner than we all think.as for the oilers well they lost pronger and that tells that story.But some may argue that the lupal for pronger trade may have boosted the oiler offence up and thats all they need to make the playoffs for a second maricle run for the cup...i mean no one expected carolina to win the cup last year, most NHL experts had tham at the botton of there list and yet they managed to come in second in the east and win the stanley cup.