Claude Lemieux will get called up by the San Jose Sharks in late March and play a key playoff role for the eventual Cup champions. He will overshadow his amazing comeback story, however, by cross-checking Kris Draper of the Detroit Red Wings from behind into the boards during the Western Conference finals. Darren McCarty will once again pummel Lemieux. Mark Messier, inspired by Lemieux's improbable comeback at age 43, will announce his return to the NHL during a teary-eyed address on MSG. The Rangers, with no cap room, will be unable to sign the Moose, but the rival Islanders will swoop in and sign him to a four-year contract. Messier will begin the season with Doug Weight and Bill Guerin to form "The Viagra Line."