Just a few things that caught my eye:
- Sergei Gonchar zigged and ended up zagged... in a big way. Knee-on-knee? Yes and no. That zig turned it from a shoulder to a knee but when exactly do we blame the victim? Oh ya, when it's a superstar. Alexander Ovechkin isn't likely to face suspension.
- I think Simeon Varlamov got into the chewy candy because three, if not four, of those goals were mighty soft. Ditto Tim Thomas -- he wants a couple of those back. BTW, he hadn't lost three straight since October.
- Phil Kessel has been invisible since that elbow injury...
- Just me and my shadow. Great 8 meet Rob Scuderi. Are our expectations on Ovechkin too high or did his game look flat to you, too?
- Eric Staal three, Zdeno Chara one.
- Dollars to donuts Gonch is done. That kind of front-back force on the knee almost always equals ACL.
- Juicy Jussi Jokinen is the new Johan Franzen. Better yet, they went all out on that nickname. After all, don't hockey players usually just put "er" on the end of a guy's name? Somehow Juicy feels better than Juicer -- don't you agree?
- Patrick Roy strikes me as the kind of guy who'd hang truck balls off his trailer hitch. What exactly is Colorado thinking? Who died and gave him enough brains to run an NHL club? Maybe something herbal can help him with his self-control.
- Message to Mike Green -- shoot the damn puck already. His bread and butter has become focaccia and margerine, and that's an ugly combination.
- Boston looks done.