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'VVVW* 1 : www.durhamregion.com THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, SEPTEMBER 18, 2002 PAGE 15 Gens to open season short-handed BY BRIAN LEGREE Sports Editor OSHAWA - The Oshavva Generals have yet to take their first penalty of the regular season, but they're already play- jng short-handed. The Generals expect to open the 2002-2003 season Friday in Toronto with just nine forwards in the lineup - due to the departure of two players at NHL training camps and a two-game suspension incurred by Evan Kotsopou- los. With Brandon Nolan (New Jersey) and Anthony Aquino (Dallas) away at big league camps, the Generals will start the season with a depleted lineup. 1 "Not knowing the return dates of the guys who are away, kids can get an opportunity," opportunity," said George Burnett, Os- hawa's coach and general manager, who received good news Tuesday when the Phoenix Coyotes announced Ben Eager was being returned to the Generals. "(Chris) Hulit and (Adam) Berti and (John) Neal will get some power-play time and we'll see how they respond, for example." After a couple of active seasons on the trade front, Burnett has vowed to keep the moves to a minimum this season, season, but concedes he'll likely try to add some depth at the forward position. As it stands, he'll dress nine forwards and eight defencemen for Friday's opener against the St. Michael's Majors (7 p.m., CKDO). Following two seasons of sub.-500 hockey, the Generals find themselves among the pic-season favourites in the OHL's Eastern Conference. It's a position position Burnett welcomes, although he points out pre-season hype is precisely that - hype. "The prognostications, you take it with a grain of salt," said Burnett, who says there arc still some outstanding questions about this year's club. "If things in fact fit in, if a guy like Aquino is here for the duration, that's a huge hole that you don't have to give up a player to fill. "Our young goalies (Kevin Drace and Chris Beckford-Tseu) have proven themselves over the short term, and have to prove it over the long term. I'm comfortable comfortable with the general experience and makeup of our blue-line." Still, Burnett makes it abundantly clear that hockey fans in Durham should expect to sec winning hockey this season. "I expect an awful lot more from this year's team than the previous two years," said Burnett, entering the third year of a five-year contract. contract. "Do we expect to compete compete with the elite teams every night? Absolutely. "I want to be a top team, but we're still dealing with a lot of question marks." Burnett believes it's im portant for his club to get off to a strong start, even without the services of Nolan, Kot- sopoulos and Aquino. Aquino's eligibility is still in question, pending an OHL appeal to a court decision allowing allowing him to play his rookie season as an overager. 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