21.   Count on an influx of at least two veterans, hopefully with playoff experience.

22.   Detroit has more playoff experience.

23.   Detroit is solid, although not as spectacular, in goal with Chris Osgood, but is far deeper offensively and has more playoff experience.

24.   Even though the Panthers, an expansion team last year, were playoff neophytes as a group, many of the players had playoff experience.

25.   Even though the Sabres have the reigning most valuable player in Hasek, the Stars have more talented players and they have more playoff experience.

26.   Fiset, however, has more playoff experience.

27.   For all their playoff experience the last two seasons and all the veterans on their roster, their World Series experience is minuscule compared with the Yankees.

28.   Forget the fact that Boston had little playoff experience.

29.   From there the Jaguars played as if they were the team with a wealth of playoff experience.

30.   Gainey has first-hand knowledge of the value of playoff experience.