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Article: NHL WESTERN CONFERENCE Where losing is a habit Detroit, Dallas, Phoenix are only winning teams

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January 6, 1999
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This used to be the National Hockey League's high-rent district, the summer and winter home of the Stanley Cup. Steve Yzerman and the Detroit Red Wings live here. Peter Forsberg and the Colorado Avalanche play here.

But things have become more than a little run-down in the Western Conference these days. In fact, take away Detroit, the Dallas Stars and the Phoenix Coyotes and the rest of the West looks like a trailer park after a tornado has blown through it.

Ten of the West's 13 teams have a losing record, compared with only six of the 14 teams in the Eastern Conference. Colorado is a division leader with a losing record. Two of them, San Jose and

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