41.   Coming with it is the end of the trading deadline.

42.   Come this fall, when rosters start getting squeezed, and again at the trading deadline, they may be in position to take on someone.

43.   Corkum would still be there today had Anaheim not traded him to Philadelphia last season about two weeks before the trading deadline.

44.   Colorado, which added Theo Fleury, and Detroit, which added four players, including Chris Chelios, also drew the most attention before the trading deadline.

45.   Despite adding left wing Dave Andreychuk and defenseman Phil Housley before the trading deadline, the Devils still lacked a backup goalie and a first-rank center.

46.   Did you get a look at those moves on the eve of the trading deadline?

47.   DiSarcina, though, is well aware of the harsh reality for teams that have fallen out of the pennant race before the trading deadline.

48.   Defenseman Rob Blake, whom the Avalanche got before the trading deadline this season, and goaltender Patrick Roy are both eligible for unrestricted free agency.

49.   Do you know how hard it must have been for Steinbrenner, letting the major-league trading deadline come and go without strong-arming his baseball people into doing something?

50.   During the first game of that series, the Mariners traded him to the Houston Astros minutes before the trading deadline.