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| | NHL Draft: 2004 Preview |
 | | The 2003 NHL Entry Draft was considered one of the deepest in the years. |
 | | Last year's draft was so deep that eight first round picks (Marc-Andre Fleury, Eric Staal, Nathan Horton, Nikolai Zherdev, Milan Michalek, Brent Burns, Dustin Brown and Ryan Kesler) spent time playing in the NHL this past season. |
 | | And Chicago, which owns the third overall pick in the draft, made it known last week that it is aggressively trying to cut a deal with the Caps for the first overall pick. |
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