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As much as I hope Hasek can bring this great city the cup, I doubt it will happen. Hasek, in my opinion will get hurt, and also won't bring as much dedication to Ottawa as he did to Detroit after his post-retirement (and we all know where that dedication took him). As soon as Melnyk steps in we're seeing faces like Bondra, DeVries and Hasek. I don't like the way this team is heading now... Bonk had a bad year and 'apparently' had to go for monetary purposes, but all of a sudden we're trading Lalime (who, for those who criticize, was runner-up for Vezina the year before last)... It sounds like Melnyk's promise to deliver the Cup is going to turn into a New York sized fiasco... This team was built on scouting, development and coaching... I think its pretty nieve to ship in a new starting goaltender, a new coach with a completely different style and discard the Ottawa Senators longest active player in Bonk and expect a cup. I see Ottawa winning it in 2006, without Hasek. Oh, and if Hasek gets hurt, Prusek definitely has the ability... I still find it difficult to accept the criticsm towards Martin for his inability to develop a strong offensive team (which he has) and then kick him out the door on the premise that it was goaltending that lost the series... If Ottawa wins the cup I'll chicken dance through the byward market, but in spite, I wouldn't mind a Florida-St. Louis Stanley Cup Final...