61.   Teams from major markets like New York, Los Angeles and Chicago missed the playoffs last season and are not certain to return this spring.

62.   The Anaheim Mighty Ducks were satisfied simply to make the Stanley Cup playoffs last season.

63.   The attendance is really getting trimmed in tiny-market Cincinnati, which fought its way into a one-game playoff last season.

64.   The Broncos made the playoffs last season but were eliminated from the first round by the Los Angeles Raiders.

65.   The Broncos, Saints, Rams, Eagles, Vikings and Raiders are opponents who went to the playoffs last season.

66.   The Clippers made the playoffs last season for the first time in four years.

67.   The Blues made it to the second round of the playoffs last season before losing to Dallas, the eventual Stanley Cup champions.

68.   The Devils still need an established scorer to avoid the offensive woes that proved crucial in their failure to make the playoffs last season.

69.   The Dodgers missed the playoffs last season despite a late-season charge against division champion San Francisco.

70.   The early exit from the NFL playoffs last season exposed a glaring weakness in the Dallas Cowboys.