The Bruins are led by goalie Jamie Storr and veteran center Mark Messier. Messier needs to get back to his old self again if he wants to lead his team to the playoffs. The Bruins made their first trade Wednesday night sending furture stars Sergei Samsonov and Marian Hossa along with Mike Sillinger to the Providence Panthers for veterans Mike Ricci and Dallas Drake as well as talented youngster Jan Hlavac. The current starters for the Bruins are center Mark Messier, left wing Chris Simon, right wing Dallas Drake, defenseman Phil Housley, defenseman Kimmo Timonen, and goalie Jamie Storr. With an experienced general manager and a hard-working young team the Bruins hope to turn The Replacements into the The Champions .
Several teams have the caliber of players to win the cup but lets break that down by conferences.
In the D-2A the clear favorite right now is Long Island, they will be almost impossible to score on with Blake, Chara, Stuart, Gonchar, Morris, Poti and Kaberle playing defense in front of Partick Roy, they will be able to score too with Yashin and Owen Nolan and Jarome Igilnia playing up.