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Theodore, not Turco, turns into Mr. Clutch

Updated: May 1, 2006, 9:37 PM ET
By Scott Burnside | ESPN.com

As painful as it is to acknowledge, given the man's insufferable smugness, Avalanche president and general manager Pierre Lacroix has once again proven he may be the smartest man in hockey.

At the beginning of the season, no one gave Lacroix's team much of a chance at either regular-season or postseason success, given the departure of Peter Forsberg and Adam Foote and the netminding of David Aebischer and Peter Budaj.

Fast-forward to the trade deadline. Lacroix appeared ...

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