Before the playoffs, the 33-year old Riggins told coach Joe Gibbs " I'm really getting down the road.

Before the playoffs, Torrey made the difficult decision to trade longtime and popular veterans Billy Harris and defenseman Dave Lewis to the Los Angeles Kings for second line center Butch Goring.

Before the start of the 2005 – 06 season, the Thrashers signed many veteran players in the hopes of making the playoffs, including forwards Peter Bondra, Bobby Holik and Scott Mellanby, defenseman Jaroslav Modry, and goaltender Mike Dunham.

Before the playoffs, the Avalanche strengthened their defense for a run towards the Stanley Cup.

Before the previous season's playoffs, in a move reminiscent of Patrick Roy's trade, the Avalanche traded goalie David Aebischer for Montreal Canadiens ' Vezina Trophy winner goalie Jose Theodore.

Before the Hornets were eliminated from the playoffs, the NBA approved a deal for the team to move to New Orleans following the season.

Before the Hornets were eliminated from the playoffs, the NBA approved the deal.

Before 2009 – 10, the playoffs format was identical to that of the English Premiership with the exception of neutral sites for the semifinals.

Before the season started Brad Banister promised the fans the playoffs and they were successful in achieving this goal.

Before the 1929 playoffs were over, it was rumoured that the league would be replaced by an international league the following season and that a lower-level minor league would be created in Ontario.

Before the playoffs began, reporters asked him how well the 76ers would do.

Before beginning the 2003 playoffs with the Patriots, Crennel interviewed for head coaching positions with six teams in under 36 hours.

Before returning to the NHL, Watt spent 1997 – 98 season as Head Coach with the Sudbury Wolves of the major junior Ontario Hockey League, returning the Wolves to the playoffs, after a three year absence.

Before the introduction of the mascot, the team record was 0 – 3 – 0 – 1, but once the Steagle was introduced, the team improved their record to 44 – 21 – 0 – 3 by the season's end, before losing in the first round of the playoffs.

Before being branded as Puyo Pop internationally, the first game saw release outside Japan in 1993 as Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine for the Sega Mega Drive, Game Gear, and Master System ( The SMS version was released in Europe and Brazil ), and two years later as Kirby's Ghost Trap ( European Super NES version ) and Kirby's Avalanche ( North American Super NES version ).

Before the construction of Pepsi Center, the Denver Nuggets and Colorado Avalanche played in McNichols Sports Arena, a building that has since been torn down to serve as a parking lot for nearby Sports Authority Field at Mile High.

Before the start of the 1995 – 96 NHL season, the franchise moved to Denver, Colorado and was renamed the Colorado Avalanche.

Before his resignation with the Avalanche, Crawford was also the head coach of the 1998 Canadian Olympic hockey team where they finished a disappointing fourth.

Before the era of drug smuggling and human trafficking, smuggling had acquired a kind of nostalgic romanticism, in the vein of Robert Louis Stevenson's Kidnapped:

Before the company was acquired, it performed searches across search engines such as Google, Yahoo !, Ask. com and others.

Before they do this they bathe their young with allergenic saliva that is acquired by licking patches on the insides of their elbows that produce a mild toxin that discourages most predators, though orangutans occasionally eat lorises.

Before NBC's 1926 formation, RCA had acquired AT & T's New York City station WEAF ( later WNBC, now CBS-owned WFAN ).

Before, consent meant the voluntary relinquishment of possession and thus property was wrongfully taken only if the defendant acquired possession by stealth, force or threat of force.

Before the recordings of the album Melissa, King Diamond had acquired a human skeleton that he named " Melissa ".

Before they could modify all the Paramount cartoons they acquired, the company was bought by National Telefilm Associates, also known as NTA.

Before the episode ends, he has another hallucination that reveals that the fragment of the " Ring " also joins together with another fragment that his father had acquired earlier in the series.

Before they parted, he ordered that Sun Wukong promise never to tell anyone how he acquired his powers.

Before the 1997 General Election, the Labour Party acquired two floors of the building as its headquarters.

Before 1932, Ribble Motor Services acquired the small local bus operators, including Waterloo and Crosby Motor Services ( Ribble Timetables Area 4 1932 ).

Before the 1978 season San Diego acquired Perry from Texas in exchange for middle reliever Dave Tomlin and $ 125, 000.

Before the Atlantic City – Brigantine Connector was planned, Mirage Resorts president Steve Wynn acquired a piece of land near the northern end of the proposed connector and planned for a direct exit ramp to a proposed casino called Le Jardin.

Before ATI acquired the FireGL team in 2001, Diamond Multimedia used 3Dlabs chipsets for some of their FireGL cards.

Before the next season, the Capitals acquired Dwight Schofield in the waiver draft.

The eventual meaning of this comes out in Megamorphs # 4: Back to Before, where Jake — tempted by Crayak's servant, Drode — wishes that the Animorphs had never found Elfangor, thus never acquired the morphing powers.

Before being acquired by Lakewood, tenants to the arena, once called The Summit, included the Houston Rockets, the Houston Aeros, and the Houston Comets.

Before his death, he acquired more land and held more than 1, 000 slaves.

Before being acquired by Comcast in April 2007, Fandango was privately owned, with the major stakeholder being the largest movie-theater chain in the U. S., Regal Entertainment Group, including the United Artists and Hoyts theater chains.

Before the deal was complete, Pertec agreed to be acquired by the West German computer company, Triumph-Adler, for $ 120 million.

Before the 1922 season, Huggins acquired Johnny Mitchell from the Vernon Tigers of the Pacific Coast League and traded fan favorite Roger Peckinpaugh along with Rip Collins, Bill Piercy, and Jack Quinn to the Red Sox for Everett Scott, Bullet Joe Bush, and Sad Sam Jones.

Before his country acquired its independence, beginning 1945, he was part of Dahomey's Constitutive Assembly and was re-elected for a number of terms.

Before the next season, Monahan was dealt to the Toronto Maple Leafs in the trade where the Kings acquired their future captain and coach, Bob Pulford.

Before being acquired by Harrah's Casino, R. S.