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Here's a look at the performances of the top newcomers on every Northwest team this season:CALGARY -- The most surprising team in the NHL lost Joe Sakic, who retired, but gained two 18-year-olds in rookie centers Ryan O'Reilly and Matt Duchene. The Avalanche also added a goalie, Craig Anderson, who has emerged as one of the best in the NHL. New coach Joe Sacco is doing a pretty good job, too.EDMO football manager NTON --, whose goals-against average is above 3.00 even though his save percentage is above 90 percent.MINNESOTA -- Along came Jones -- Four years ago, the Wild picked winger Benoit Pouliot with the No. 4 selection in the draft. The Montreal Canadiens grabbed winger Guillaume Latendresse with the 45th pick.This week, the teams swapped the two forwards.Pouliot was unproductive in his 65 games over football manager parts of four seasons with the Wild, and his work ethic was questioned at times. He produced only 18 points. Latendresse had a much greater opportunity to contribute in Montreal, recording 48 goals and 85 points in 232 games. The Wild loves his potential as a power forward.-We like Guillaume,- general manager Chuck Fletcher told the St. Paul Pioneer Press. -We like his size, we like his skill, we football manager like the fact that he's scored 48 goals in the NHL and he's only 22 years old.-Latendresse told the newspaper, -I had an average of 16 goals every year and I was playing on the third and fourth lines. So all my goals were pretty much 5-on-5. So if I have a chance on the power-play line, I can bring some offense, too.-Another newcomer, center Andrew Ebbett, scored for the Wild on Wednesday in their football manager 2-1 shootout loss to Boston. Ebbett recently was claimed off waivers from the Blackhawks. football manager
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