Just a few things that caught my eye:
- Michael Leighton deserved the shutout after those first two periods -- he saved the Flyers' bacon several times.
- Marrr-co Po-lo is a game of echo-location tag played by children in a swimming pool; An--tee Nee-em--I is a similar game played in an arena. It's not much fun, though. Every Shark finds him -- his chest, his glove, his pads...
- Jaroslav Halak looks dog tired. He's hit a major wall. Evgeni Nabokov isn't tired -- he's just collapsing. And whining.
- Yoo-hoo, Dany Heatley -- where are you? Heater has all of five goals in his last 28 games. Oh ya, I forgot -- you disappear in the playoffs. I'm sorry, I should have remembered that. Slipped my mind.
- Jonathan Toews -- the next Joe Sakic? Or "just" Bryan Trottier? He's the best player still on the ice this postseason. And by a mile. Gawd, I love my jersey. Did you know he's on an 11-game point streak? Did ya? That ties Stan Makita's club record.
- So exactly how did Joel Quenneville get perfect line match-ups on road ice? The Dave Bolland-Andrew Ladd-Kris Versteeg line completely frustrated the Joe Thornton-Patrick Marleau-Dany Heatley line. I don't get it -- Todd McLellan, what were you thinking?
- Kids, do not model your faceoff technique after the hacker Jumbo Joe. C'mon -- did you actually think the refs wouldn't see that two-hander? You would have been suspended had Bolland's arm been broken. And it easily could have been.
- Ville Leino has three consecutive, two-point games. He was taken in zero playoff pools...
- With or without you -- so what do the Flyers become when Jeff Carter come back? Ouch.
- Jacques Martin out-coached Bruce Boudreau andDan Bylsma; those are no small feats. But he's not out-coaching Peter Laviolette one little bit. And that's why the Habs won't advance.
- Damn, Patrick Kane is fast even when he's wearing a Rob Blake blanket.
- The last time the Hawks won the Cup, Stan Makita and Bobby Hull were the same age as Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane. I'm just saying...