(...) Alongside we are proud to announce that long-time Moose Dallas Eakins, Jimmy Roy and Sean Pronger, but also future stars and top prospects like Fedor Fedorov, Nathan Smith and Chris Nielsen will join the 04-05 Manitoba Moose team!
Unfortunately we also have so submit that some other players will not stay in Winnipeg next season because they expect a lockout of the NHL clubs and don’t expect to have a chance to play for the Vancouver Canucks and decided to join teams in Europe instead! These players are Sergei Varlamov who will play in Russia for Cherepovets Severstal, Mikko Jokela who will play for his former team in Finland HIFK Helsinki and Peter Sarno, aquired from the Toronto Roadrunners during this season, who will join the Augsburg Panthers in the German League