1.   Also during the summer, veteran winger Ken Baumgartner and defenseman Dave Ellett were released, the last years of their contracts bought out.

2.   Amid their many losses Friday, the Bruins actually made a significant roster move, briefly acquiring veteran winger Jonas Hoglund in a late-afternoon deal with Toronto.

3.   And they just got veteran winger Geoff Courtnall back from a concussion that sidelined him for most of the season.

4.   But when veteran winger Dave Andreychuk was scratched from the lineup, everybody deduced that a Bourque deal had been struck and Andreychuk was part of it.

5.   That description also fit newcomer Rick Tocchet, the veteran winger acquired from the Kings for Kevin Stevens last Thursday.

6.   The Kings had the option of designating veteran winger Nelson Emerson for assignment.

7.   The second-year defenseman will likely being having nightmares about Shanahan, as the veteran Detroit winger burned him three times in the first period alone.

8.   Well-meaning professionals were poised to write the veteran winger off.

9.   Argentina coach Marcelo Bielsa named AS Roma striker Gabriel Batistuta and veteran Glasgow Rangers winger Claudio Caniggia on Monday to his World Cup squad.

10.   The attack will be steered by Michele Padovano and Christian Vieri, with veteran winger Attilio Lombardo in support.