2000–01 Atlanta Thrashers season

2000–01 Atlanta Thrashers
Division	4th Southeast
Conference	13th Eastern
2000–01 record	23–45–12–2
Home record	10–23–6–2
Road record	13–22–6–0
Goals for	211
Goals against	289
Team information
General manager	Don Waddell
Coach	Curt Fraser
Captain	Steve Staios
Alternate captains	Ray Ferraro Gord Murphy Jeff Odgers
Arena	Philips Arena
Average attendance	15,262
Minor league affiliate(s)	Orlando Solar Bears
Team leaders
Goals	Donald Audette (32)
Assists	Ray Ferraro (47)
Points	Ray Ferraro (76)
Penalty minutes	Jeff Odgers (226)
Plus/minus	Frantisek Kaberle (+11)
Wins	Milan Hnilicka (12)
Goals against average	Milan Hnilicka (3.35)

The 2000–01 Atlanta Thrashers season was the team's second season of competition in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Thrashers finished fourth in the Southeast Division and failed to qualify for the playoffs for the second consecutive season.

Offseason

Steve Staios was named team captain on October 6.[1]

Regular season

The Thrashers struggled on the penalty kill during the regular season, allowing a league-high 90 power-play goals, and finishing 30th overall in penalty-kill percentage, at 77.94%.[2]

Final standings

Southeast Division[3]

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	3	Washington Capitals	82	41	27	10	4	233	211	96
2	8	Carolina Hurricanes	82	38	32	9	3	212	225	88
3	12	Florida Panthers	82	22	38	13	9	200	246	66
4	13	Atlanta Thrashers	82	23	45	12	2	211	289	60
5	14	Tampa Bay Lightning	82	24	47	6	5	201	280	59

Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
         Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.

Eastern Conference[4]

R		Div	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	Z- New Jersey Devils	AT	82	48	19	12	3	295	195	111
2	Y- Ottawa Senators	NE	82	48	21	9	4	274	205	109
3	Y- Washington Capitals	SE	82	41	27	10	4	233	211	96
4	X- Philadelphia Flyers	AT	82	43	25	11	3	240	207	100
5	X- Buffalo Sabres	NE	82	46	30	5	1	218	184	98
6	X- Pittsburgh Penguins	AT	82	42	28	9	3	281	256	96
7	X- Toronto Maple Leafs	NE	82	37	29	11	5	232	207	90
8	X- Carolina Hurricanes	SE	82	38	32	9	3	212	225	88
8.5
9	Boston Bruins	NE	82	36	30	8	8	227	249	88
10	New York Rangers	AT	82	33	43	5	1	250	290	72
11	Montreal Canadiens	NE	82	28	40	8	6	206	232	70
12	Florida Panthers	SE	82	22	38	13	9	200	246	66
13	Atlanta Thrashers	SE	82	23	45	12	2	211	289	60
14	Tampa Bay Lightning	SE	82	24	47	6	5	201	280	59
15	New York Islanders	AT	82	21	51	7	3	185	268	52

Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast, SE – Southeast

Z – Clinched Conference; Y – Clinched Division; X – Clinched Playoff spot

Schedule and results

2000–01 regular season[5]
October: 1–3–5–0 (home: 0–2–2–0; road: 1–1–3–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 1 L October 7, 2000 1–2 New York Rangers (2000–01) 0–1–0–0 Recap 2 T October 11, 2000 3–3 OT Washington Capitals (2000–01) 0–1–1–0 Recap 3 L October 15, 2000 2–5 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (2000–01) 0–2–1–0 Recap 4 T October 17, 2000 3–3 OT New Jersey Devils (2000–01) 0–2–2–0 Recap 5 L October 20, 2000 3–5 New York Islanders (2000–01) 0–3–2–0 Recap 6 T October 21, 2000 6–6 OT @ Ottawa Senators (2000–01) 0–3–3–0 Recap 7 W October 25, 2000 3–1 @ Edmonton Oilers (2000–01) 1–3–3–0 Recap 8 T October 27, 2000 1–1 OT @ Vancouver Canucks (2000–01) 1–3–4–0 Recap 9 T October 28, 2000 2–2 OT @ San Jose Sharks (2000–01) 1–3–5–0 Recap
November: 4–7–1–1 (home: 2–4–0–1; road: 2–3–1–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 10 L November 2, 2000 2–5 Los Angeles Kings (2000–01) 1–4–5–0 Recap 11 W November 4, 2000 8–3 @ Boston Bruins (2000–01) 2–4–5–0 Recap 12 L November 6, 2000 2–3 Ottawa Senators (2000–01) 2–5–5–0 Recap 13 T November 12, 2000 2–2 OT @ Washington Capitals (2000–01) 2–5–6–0 Recap 14 W November 13, 2000 4–1 @ Florida Panthers (2000–01) 3–5–6–0 Recap 15 W November 15, 2000 1–0 Nashville Predators (2000–01) 4–5–6–0 Recap 16 OTL November 17, 2000 2–3 OT Philadelphia Flyers (2000–01) 4–5–6–1 Recap 17 L November 18, 2000 1–3 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (2000–01) 4–6–6–1 Recap 18 L November 22, 2000 2–8 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (2000–01) 4–7–6–1 Recap 19 L November 23, 2000 0–6 Montreal Canadiens (2000–01) 4–8–6–1 Recap 20 W November 25, 2000 2–1 Washington Capitals (2000–01) 5–8–6–1 Recap 21 L November 27, 2000 2–3 @ Montreal Canadiens (2000–01) 5–9–6–1 Recap 22 L November 29, 2000 4–6 Detroit Red Wings (2000–01) 5–10–6–1 Recap
December: 10–5–0–0 (home: 5–2–0–0; road: 5–3–0–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 23 W December 1, 2000 5–3 Tampa Bay Lightning (2000–01) 6–10–6–1 Recap 24 W December 2, 2000 2–1 @ Columbus Blue Jackets (2000–01) 7–10–6–1 Recap 25 W December 4, 2000 5–4 Boston Bruins (2000–01) 8–10–6–1 Recap 26 L December 6, 2000 3–5 Carolina Hurricanes (2000–01) 8–11–6–1 Recap 27 W December 8, 2000 4–3 OT Florida Panthers (2000–01) 9–11–6–1 Recap 28 W December 9, 2000 5–2 @ New York Islanders (2000–01) 10–11–6–1 Recap 29 L December 11, 2000 0–4 @ New Jersey Devils (2000–01) 10–12–6–1 Recap 30 W December 13, 2000 3–1 Chicago Blackhawks (2000–01) 11–12–6–1 Recap 31 L December 15, 2000 3–6 St. Louis Blues (2000–01) 11–13–6–1 Recap 32 W December 19, 2000 7–6 OT @ Los Angeles Kings (2000–01) 12–13–6–1 Recap 33 W December 20, 2000 4–2 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2000–01) 13–13–6–1 Recap 34 L December 22, 2000 1–5 @ Phoenix Coyotes (2000–01) 13–14–6–1 Recap 35 W December 26, 2000 5–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (2000–01) 14–14–6–1 Recap 36 W December 28, 2000 4–1 @ New York Rangers (2000–01) 15–14–6–1 Recap 37 L December 29, 2000 2–5 @ New York Islanders (2000–01) 15–15–6–1 Recap
January: 1–10–3–1 (home: 0–5–1–1; road: 1–5–2–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 38 L January 1, 2001 2–4 @ Washington Capitals (2000–01) 15–16–6–1 Recap 39 T January 3, 2001 1–1 OT @ Minnesota Wild (2000–01) 15–16–7–1 Recap 40 L January 5, 2001 4–6 Philadelphia Flyers (2000–01) 15–17–7–1 Recap 41 T January 6, 2001 2–2 OT @ Philadelphia Flyers (2000–01) 15–17–8–1 Recap 42 L January 10, 2001 2–3 Dallas Stars (2000–01) 15–18–8–1 Recap 43 L January 12, 2001 0–3 Montreal Canadiens (2000–01) 15–19–8–1 Recap 44 L January 13, 2001 1–4 @ Washington Capitals (2000–01) 15–20–8–1 Recap 45 L January 17, 2001 2–5 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2000–01) 15–21–8–1 Recap 46 L January 20, 2001 2–3 @ New Jersey Devils (2000–01) 15–22–8–1 Recap 47 T January 21, 2001 4–4 OT New York Islanders (2000–01) 15–22–9–1 Recap 48 L January 23, 2001 3–4 @ Nashville Predators (2000–01) 15–23–9–1 Recap 49 OTL January 25, 2001 1–2 OT Toronto Maple Leafs (2000–01) 15–23–9–2 Recap 50 L January 27, 2001 1–5 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (2000–01) 15–24–9–2 Recap 51 W January 29, 2001 7–2 @ New York Rangers (2000–01) 16–24–9–2 Recap 52 L January 30, 2001 3–6 Pittsburgh Penguins (2000–01) 16–25–9–2 Recap
February: 2–8–1–0 (home: 2–2–1–0; road: 0–6–0–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 53 L February 1, 2001 1–3 Carolina Hurricanes (2000–01) 16–26–9–2 Recap 54 L February 7, 2001 1–7 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (2000–01) 16–27–9–2 Recap 55 W February 9, 2001 5–1 Boston Bruins (2000–01) 17–27–9–2 Recap 56 L February 10, 2001 3–7 Florida Panthers (2000–01) 17–28–9–2 Recap 57 W February 13, 2001 5–4 Buffalo Sabres (2000–01) 18–28–9–2 Recap 58 L February 15, 2001 1–3 @ Buffalo Sabres (2000–01) 18–29–9–2 Recap 59 L February 17, 2001 1–5 @ Philadelphia Flyers (2000–01) 18–30–9–2 Recap 60 L February 21, 2001 3–6 @ Carolina Hurricanes (2000–01) 18–31–9–2 Recap 61 L February 23, 2001 0–1 @ Chicago Blackhawks (2000–01) 18–32–9–2 Recap 62 L February 25, 2001 2–5 @ Colorado Avalanche (2000–01) 18–33–9–2 Recap 63 T February 27, 2001 1–1 OT Carolina Hurricanes (2000–01) 18–33–10–2 Recap
March: 4–9–2–0 (home: 0–7–2–0; road: 4–2–0–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 64 W March 2, 2001 4–3 @ Florida Panthers (2000–01) 19–33–10–2 Recap 65 T March 3, 2001 2–2 OT Florida Panthers (2000–01) 19–33–11–2 Recap 66 L March 6, 2001 2–4 Colorado Avalanche (2000–01) 19–34–11–2 Recap 67 L March 8, 2001 3–5 Pittsburgh Penguins (2000–01) 19–35–11–2 Recap 68 W March 10, 2001 7–5 @ Boston Bruins (2000–01) 20–35–11–2 Recap 69 T March 11, 2001 3–3 OT Calgary Flames (2000–01) 20–35–12–2 Recap 70 L March 14, 2001 1–8 @ Ottawa Senators (2000–01) 20–36–12–2 Recap 71 L March 16, 2001 0–3 Columbus Blue Jackets (2000–01) 20–37–12–2 Recap 72 L March 18, 2001 3–5 Vancouver Canucks (2000–01) 20–38–12–2 Recap 73 L March 21, 2001 3–4 Tampa Bay Lightning (2000–01) 20–39–12–2 Recap 74 W March 22, 2001 2–0 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (2000–01) 21–39–12–2 Recap 75 W March 24, 2001 3–2 @ Montreal Canadiens (2000–01) 22–39–12–2 Recap 76 L March 26, 2001 0–4 Buffalo Sabres (2000–01) 22–40–12–2 Recap 77 L March 28, 2001 2–4 New Jersey Devils (2000–01) 22–41–12–2 Recap 78 L March 30, 2001 0–4 @ Buffalo Sabres (2000–01) 22–42–12–2 Recap
April: 1–3–0–0 (home: 1–1–0–0; road: 0–2–0–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 79 L April 1, 2001 2–4 New York Rangers (2000–01) 22–43–12–2 Recap 80 W April 3, 2001 5–2 Ottawa Senators (2000–01) 23–43–12–2 Recap 81 L April 5, 2001 0–4 @ Detroit Red Wings (2000–01) 23–44–12–2 Recap 82 L April 6, 2001 2–3 @ Carolina Hurricanes (2000–01) 23–45–12–2 Recap
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)   Overtime loss (1 point)

Player statistics

Scoring

• Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left Wing; RW = Right Wing
• † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Thrashers only.
• ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Thrashers only.

No.	Player	Pos	Regular season
			GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
21	Ray Ferraro	C	81	29	47	76	−11	91
28	Donald Audette‡	RW	64	32	39	71	−3	64
15	Andrew Brunette	LW	77	15	44	59	−5	26
13	Patrik Stefan	C	66	10	21	31	−3	22
12	Steve Guolla	C	63	12	16	28	−6	23
9	Hnat Domenichelli	LW	63	15	12	27	−9	18
14	Tomi Kallio	LW	56	14	13	27	−3	22
22	Shean Donovan	RW	63	12	11	23	−14	47
25	Steve Staios	D	70	9	13	22	−23	137
39	Per Svartvadet	C	69	10	11	21	−6	20
71	Jiri Slegr†	D	33	3	16	19	−1	36
4	Chris Tamer	D	82	4	13	17	−1	128
24	Andreas Karlsson	C	60	5	11	16	−2	16
8	Frantisek Kaberle	D	51	4	11	15	11	18
5	Gord Murphy	D	27	3	11	14	−11	12
20	Jeff Odgers	RW	82	6	7	13	−8	226
38	Yannick Tremblay	D	46	4	8	12	−6	30
11	Dean Sylvester	RW	43	5	6	11	−16	8
32	Yves Sarault	LW	20	5	4	9	−9	26
37	Herbert Vasiljevs	RW	21	4	5	9	−11	14
27	Denny Lambert	LW	67	1	7	8	−5	215
17	Ladislav Kohn†	RW	26	3	4	7	−12	44
19	Brad Tapper	RW	16	2	3	5	1	6
41	Andrei Skopintsev	D	17	1	3	4	−7	16
23	Brett Clark	D	28	1	2	3	−12	14
18	Jarrod Skalde	C	19	1	2	3	−8	20
3	Sergei Vyshedkevich‡	D	23	1	2	3	−7	14
3	Chris Joseph†	D	19	0	3	3	−7	20
7	Adam Burt	D	27	0	2	2	2	27
26	Bryan Adams	C	9	0	1	1	−4	2
6	David Harlock	D	65	0	1	1	−28	62
2	Petr Buzek	D	5	0	0	0	2	8
30	Scott Fankhouser	G	7	0	0	0		2
33	Milan Hnilicka	G	36	0	0	0		4
10	Darcy Hordichuk	LW	11	0	0	0	−3	38
34	Norm Maracle	G	13	0	0	0		0
29	Brian Pothier	D	3	0	0	0	4	2
1	Damian Rhodes	G	38	0	0	0		16
26	Dan Snyder	C	2	0	0	0	0	0
29	J. P. Vigier	RW	2	0	0	0	−2	0

Goaltending

No.	Player	Regular season
		GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
33	Milan Hnilicka	36	12	19	2	951	105	3.35	.890	2	1879
1	Damian Rhodes	38	7	19	7	1129	116	3.36	.897	0	2072
30	Scott Fankhouser	7	2	1	0	160	16	3.69	.900	0	260
34	Norm Maracle	13	2	8	3	406	43	3.43	.894	0	753

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Donald Audette	[6]
	NHL Player of the Month	Donald Audette (December)	[7]
Team	Community Service Award	Damian Rhodes	[8]
	Players' Player Award	Jeff Odgers	[8]
		Chris Tamer
	Team MVP	Ray Ferraro	[8]
	Three Stars of the Game Award	Ray Ferraro	[8]

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
First game	Tomi Kallio	October 7, 2000	[9]
	Brad Tapper
	Darcy Hordichuk	January 12, 2001
	J. P. Vigier	February 7, 2001
	Brian Pothier	April 3, 2001
	Dan Snyder

Transactions

The Thrashers were involved in the following transactions from June 11, 2000, the day after the deciding game of the 2000 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 9, 2001, the day of the deciding game of the 2001 Stanley Cup Finals.[10]

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 12, 2000 (2000-06-12)	To Atlanta Thrashers 9th-round pick in 2000	To New Jersey Devils Steve Staios	[11]
June 24, 2000 (2000-06-24)	To Atlanta Thrashers 2nd-round pick in 2000 3rd-round pick in 2001	To Vancouver Canucks 2nd-round pick in 2001 3rd-round pick in 2001	[10]
June 25, 2000 (2000-06-25)	To Atlanta Thrashers Anaheim's 4th-round pick in 2000 5th-round pick in 2000 8th-round pick in 2000	To Carolina Hurricanes 4th-round pick in 2000	[12]
	To Atlanta Thrashers Rights to Ben Simon	To Chicago Blackhawks 9th-round pick in 2000	[13]
July 10, 2000 (2000-07-10)	To Atlanta Thrashers Steve Staios	To New Jersey Devils Future considerations	[14]
September 29, 2000 (2000-09-29)	To Atlanta Thrashers 3rd-round pick in 2001	To Minnesota Wild Matt Johnson	[15]
November 6, 2000 (2000-11-06)	To Atlanta Thrashers Future considerations	To New Jersey Devils Geordie Kinnear	[16]
January 14, 2001 (2001-01-14)	To Atlanta Thrashers Jiri Slegr	To Pittsburgh Penguins 3rd-round pick in 2001	[17]
February 9, 2001 (2001-02-09)	To Atlanta Thrashers Ladislav Kohn	To Anaheim Mighty Ducks Scott Langkow Sergei Vyshedkevich	[18]
March 13, 2001 (2001-03-13)	To Atlanta Thrashers Rights to Kamil Piros 4th-round pick in 2001	To Buffalo Sabres Donald Audette	[19]

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
June 15, 2000 (2000-06-15)	Mike Weaver	Michigan State University (CCHA)		Free agency	[20]
July 14, 2000 (2000-07-14)	Adam Burt	Philadelphia Flyers		Free agency	[21]
July 19, 2000 (2000-07-19)	Sean McCann	Phoenix Coyotes		Free agency	[22]
July 20, 2000 (2000-07-20)	Yves Sarault	Ottawa Senators		Free agency	[23]
July 21, 2000 (2000-07-21)	Jarrod Skalde	San Jose Sharks		Free agency	[24]
July 28, 2000 (2000-07-28)	Milan Hnilicka	New York Rangers		Free agency	[25]
September 7, 2000 (2000-09-07)	Andrei Skopintsev	Tampa Bay Lightning		Free agency	[26]
September 29, 2000 (2000-09-29)	Jeff Odgers	Minnesota Wild		Waiver draft	[27]
February 14, 2001 (2001-02-14)	Chris Joseph	Phoenix Coyotes		Waivers	[28]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Via[a]	Ref
N/A	Bob Lachance	Milano Vipers (Serie A)	Free agency (VI)	[30]
July 3, 2000 (2000-07-03)	Mike Stapleton	New York Islanders	Free agency (III)	[31]
July 27, 2000 (2000-07-27)	Chris McAlpine	Chicago Blackhawks	Free agency (UFA)	[32]
August 10, 2000 (2000-08-10)	Johan Garpenlov	Djurgardens IF (SHL)	Free agency (III)	[33]
September 28, 2000 (2000-09-28)	Bill Huard	London Knights (BISL)	Free agency (III)	[34]
October 2000 (2000-10)	Joel Irving	Rochester Americans (AHL)	Free agency (UFA)	[35]
October 7, 2000 (2000-10-07)	Maxim Galanov	Florida Panthers	Free agency (UFA)	[36]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
June 15, 2000 (2000-06-15)	Ray Ferraro	1-year	Option exercised	[20]
July 14, 2000 (2000-07-14)	Denny Lambert		Re-signing	[21]
July 17, 2000 (2000-07-17)	Donald Audette		Re-signing	[37]
	Andreas Karlsson		Re-signing	[37]
July 18, 2000 (2000-07-18)	David Harlock	2-year	Re-signing	[38]
July 26, 2000 (2000-07-26)	Norm Maracle	1-year	Re-signing	[39]
July 27, 2000 (2000-07-27)	Shean Donovan	1-year	Re-signing	[40]
July 28, 2000 (2000-07-28)	Hnat Domenichelli		Re-signing	[25]
July 31, 2000 (2000-07-31)	Brett Clark		Re-signing	[41]
	Scott Fankhouser		Re-signing	[41]
	Brian Wesenberg		Re-signing	[41]
August 11, 2000 (2000-08-11)	Steve Guolla		Re-signing	[42]
	Yannick Tremblay		Re-signing	[43]
August 15, 2000 (2000-08-15)	Ben Simon		Entry-level	[44]
September 6, 2000 (2000-09-06)	Petr Buzek	3-year	Re-signing	[45]
September 7, 2000 (2000-09-07)	Herbert Vasiljevs		Re-signing	[46]
October 3, 2000 (2000-10-03)	Darcy Hordichuk		Entry-level	[47]
March 6, 2001 (2001-03-06)	Zdenek Blatny		Entry-level	[48]
March 15, 2001 (2001-03-15)	Chris Tamer	3-year	Extension	[49]
April 1, 2001 (2001-04-01)	Ray Ferraro	1-year	Extension	[50]
April 3, 2001 (2001-04-03)	Dany Heatley	3-year	Entry-level	[51]
April 30, 2001 (2001-04-30)	Kamil Piros		Entry-level	[52]
June 1, 2001 (2001-06-01)	Garnet Exelby		Entry-level	[53]
	David Kaczowka		Entry-level	[53]
	Derek MacKenzie		Entry-level	[53]
	Luke Sellars		Entry-level	[53]
	Rob Zepp		Entry-level	[53]
June 8, 2001 (2001-06-08)	Jeff Odgers	1-year	Extension	[54]

Draft picks

Atlanta's draft picks at the 2000 NHL entry draft held at the Pengrowth Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta.[55]

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	2	Dany Heatley	Canada	University of Wisconsin-Madison (WCHA)
2	31	Ilya Nikulin	Russia	HC MVD Tver (Russia)
2	42	Libor Ustrnul	Czech Republic	Plymouth Whalers (OHL)
4	107	Carl Mallette	Canada	Victoriaville Tigres (QMJHL)
4	108	Blake Robson	Canada	Portland Winterhawks (WHL)
5	147	Matt McRae	United States	Cornell University (ECAC)
6	168	Zdenek Smid	Czech Republic	Karlovy Vary (Czech Republic)
6	178	Jeff Dwyer	United States	Choate Rosemary Hall (USHS-CT)
6	180	Darcy Hordichuk	Canada	Saskatoon Blades (WHL)
8	230	Samu Isosalo	Finland	North Bay Centennials (OHL)
8	242	Evan Nielsen	United States	University of Notre Dame (CCHA)
8	244	Eric Bowen	United States	Portland Winterhawks (WHL)
9	288	Mark McRae	Canada	Cornell University (ECAC)
9	290	Simon Gamache	Canada	Val-d'Or Foreurs (QMJHL)

Notes

1. In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.[29]

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