On the lighter side, an Al Morganti season-opening column from 2002-03, in which he forecasts the L.A. Kings will defeat the "growing power" N.Y. Islanders in the Stanley Cup finals.
Some other interesting notes in there, too. He called the Trottier-as-Rangers coach right. (I'm not ripping him here, just enjoying the trip back; hindsight is 20/20 and preseason predictions are notoriously hard.)