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    An excerpt from the Edmonton Journal (Jim Matheson):

    THIS ‘N’ THAT

    The Hawks were $2 million over the $56.7-million cap before moving Robert Lang’s $4-million salary to the Habs, where it looks like he’ll be an awfully expensive third-line centre behind Tomas Plekanec and Saku Koivu. Lang does have a Pittsburgh Penguins history with Alex Kovalev