Just a few things that caught my eye:
- Andrew Ference is to Jeff Halpern as David Steckel is to Sidney Crosby, only with a more pronounced lean.
- Dominic Moore's no-look passes to Sean Bergenheim are becoming Sedin-esque. Talk about chemistry.
- There are only two players who can single-handedly take the game into their hands and alter the outcome. One is Sidney Crosby. The other? Jonathan Toews. That shortie was impressive.
- The NHL's concussion protocol is a farce. Jeff Halpern took a shoulder to the jaw; the guy was baked. He went down the hall to the so-called quiet room but was back within a couple minutes, looking like he'd just sniffed the bottom of a farmer's barn boots. What happened to the 15? Huh? So much for that. And it was even worse that announcers lauded the move as being heroic. Gimme a break.
- Corey Crawford -- he should get five to 10 for theft. What an impressive show.
- I guess it was all about catharsis but you could have sworn the Canucks won the Stanley Cup Tuesday night. Rolaids spell relief, I suppose. But didn't you expect to be there???
- Nathan Horton saved Claude Julien's job... for now.
- P.K. Subban's shot is a heat-seeking missile. And off a pass that only a handful of guys can translate into a one-timer. Wow.
- Ryan Miller loses and he's still considered a hero. If Roberto Luongo had lost, he'd have played his last game in Vancouver. What a difference, eh?
- Some things just go together. Like peanut butter and jelly, bacon and eggs and Daniel Briere and the playoffs.
- Will any of the next set of series (or any series for that matter) come remotely close to the quality of the Vancouver - Chicago series?
- One of Washington, Detroit, San Jose or Nashville is going to win the Cup. It's been something like 18 or 19 years since a team that was pushed to seven games this early was able to lift the silver chalice.
- Think back a year ago -- could you have imagined Tampa Bay could be that disciplined, particularly on the defensive side of the ledger? Not me.
- James Neal -- what a disappointment. Fantasy owners should swoop in on his keeper owners and get him now. He needs to play with a strong center and he'll have none better next year than Sid the Kid.
- Dwayne Roloson's cape may be gray but it's still a cape.