<TABLE cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=2 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR class=bg1 align=left><TD class=bg1 colSpan=9>The NORTHEAST would probably be my choice, mainly because MONTREAL looks to be better than last year. They have really impressed me early on. Early on, no team in this division is playing sub .500 hockey and OTTAWA appears to be as good as advertised.
Northeast Division
</TD></TR><TR class=bg4 align=middle><TD>Team</TD><TD>GP</TD><TD>W</TD><TD>L</TD><TD>OT</TD><TD>Pts</TD><TD>GF</TD><TD>GA</TD><TD>Last 10</TD></TR><TR class=bg2 vAlign=center align=right height=17><TD align=left width="25%">
Ottawa</TD><TD align=middle width="8%">4</TD><TD align=middle width="8%">4</TD><TD align=middle width="8%">0</TD><TD align=middle width="8%">0</TD><TD align=middle width="8%">8</TD><TD align=middle width="8%">18</TD><TD align=middle width="8%">9</TD><TD align=middle width="19%">4-0-0</TD></TR><TR class=bg2 vAlign=center align=right height=17><TD align=left width="25%">
Montreal</TD><TD align=middle width="8%">5</TD><TD align=middle width="8%">4</TD><TD align=middle width="8%">1</TD><TD align=middle width="8%">0</TD><TD align=middle width="8%">8</TD><TD align=middle width="8%">15</TD><TD align=middle width="8%">12</TD><TD align=middle width="19%">4-1-0</TD></TR><TR class=bg2 vAlign=center align=right height=17><TD align=left width="25%">
Buffalo</TD><TD align=middle width="8%">4</TD><TD align=middle width="8%">3</TD><TD align=middle width="8%">1</TD><TD align=middle width="8%">0</TD><TD align=middle width="8%">6</TD><TD align=middle width="8%">13</TD><TD align=middle width="8%">12</TD><TD align=middle width="19%">3-1-0</TD></TR><TR class=bg2 vAlign=center align=right height=17><TD align=left width="25%">
Boston</TD><TD align=middle width="8%">4</TD><TD align=middle width="8%">2</TD><TD align=middle width="8%">2</TD><TD align=middle width="8%">0</TD><TD align=middle width="8%">4</TD><TD align=middle width="8%">13</TD><TD align=middle width="8%">14</TD><TD align=middle width="19%">2-2-0</TD></TR><TR class=bg2 vAlign=center align=right height=17><TD align=left width="25%">
Toronto</TD><TD align=middle width="8%">4</TD><TD align=middle width="8%">1</TD><TD align=middle width="8%">1</TD><TD align=middle width="8%">2</TD><TD align=middle width="8%">4</TD><TD align=middle width="8%">15</TD><TD align=middle width="8%">16</TD><TD align=middle width="19%">1-1-2</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>