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NHL Playoff Observations -- Cup Runneth Over

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Published on June 8, 2013

Just a few things that caught my eye:

Is Corey Crawford the Rodney Dangerfield of NHL twinetenders? He don't get no respect.

June 9 sure is a big day for Patrick Kane. A natural hat trick sends the Hawks to the final. Three years ago, his goal delivered a Cup ... on exactly the same day.

So Jonathan Quick is human. Go figure. It was just a bad game to have it happen.

I can't wait to see Andrew Shaw against Brad Marchand. It's like a double dose of dirtbag, albeit dirtbag "lite" vs. twerp dirtbag. Ken "The Rat" Linseman would be so proud.

Dallas Eakins appears to be headed to Alberta to coach the Oilers. He's great with young players. Fans in the Oil Patch will be very, very happy, very, very soon.

Jonathan Toews may be Captain Serious, but he plays with a ferocity of emotion that could explode at any moment. At least he kept it at a near-boil Saturday night. But man, he's intense.

Help me out with this. Mike Richards suffered a concussion in Game 1, but he was back on the ice Saturday night. Before the game, his coach said he was 50-50, at best. So much for the quiet room and all the concussion protocols, eh? And then along comes Andrew Shaw (again). This could be a queasy offseason Mikey.

The Stars inked Sergei Gonchar to a two-year, $10 million deal. Don't they know he struggles mightily the first year he wears a new jersey?