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It'll be playing out over the next few days, but SB Nation is putting together a mock-expansion draft. Raw Charge will have to submit a protected list and we'll be participating in other facets that ar e required of us... That's not the point though. Right now, you -- the reader, the prospective voter -- get to pick what cities should get (fake, made up, only for the sake of this exercise) expansion teams. Click on the title link and read the post about the Expansion mock draft and vote for your choices for the home of our expansion-exercise NHL cities.

Winnipeg played host to another game by the Lightning where they were outshot by their opponents. This time, the Bolts scored in overtime to win and improve their record to 3-1-2 for the pre season. For those who would liek to watch the entirety of the game and see just what happened, you can find a video replay of the entire game on TSN's web site. (Hat tip Dustin Keene)

Mark it on your calendars: September 24th, 2009. Manitoba, here we come... This is certainly going to be smaller road trip than the European Vacation from the beginning of this past season.