Just a few things that caught my eye:

• Jonathan Quick showed us early why he's ranked at the Spec Mix Bricklayer 500 National Bricklayer Championships -- 16 shots and the same number saves in a torrid first. Some days he's really, really "on." 

• So, if the Hawks are in Roberto Luongo's head then are the Lightning up Marc Andre Fleury's arse? Aren't these two supposed to be two of the best Canadian goalies in the NHL?

• Where to washed-up Leaf players go? To playoff teams -- where else? Ian White and Kyle Wellwood both got kicked off Ark in Ontario and have bumped around. But both have be excellent in teal. Maybe they were just wearing the wrong shade of blue. 

• Speaking of White -- he's been a better Dan Boyle than Boyle himself. Looks like he's found a home.

• Rob Scuderi is a very lucky man. Very, very lucky.

• Now for the 'it's not the way you start but all about the way you finish award' which goes to Simon Gagne. He's followed up his 14-goal second half (second on the team to only Vincent Lecavalier) with seven points in six postseason games. He knows clutch. 

• Back to Luongo. If the Orcas lose Tuesday night, Luongo won't play -- he can't play -- another game in blue and green. He'd be fine in a non-hockey market and will likely be traded there. Florida would be good -- oh wait, he has those scars. But Tampa Bay would be a decent fit.

• Jonathan Toews hasn't scored a playoff goal in 14 games -- he's due. He's one of just two NHLers who can completely take over a game and the other one is on the IR. I can't wait for tomorrow night.

• Can the Sharks be any different than the Capitals? The former flat-out dominate in the offensive zone, controlling the walls, the cycle and the puck for what seems like minutes. The latter is a north-south, in-and-back-out team that only scores off the rush. Wouldn't that be an interesting Cup final?

• The one thing you can't coach is inconsistency. I'm talking to you Antti Niemi. I'm going to bed -- you'd better win this game because your next one will be a stinker.

• Chris Conner looked like a 15-year-old virgin whose mind got away from him a little too early when he shanked that penalty shot. Watch the clip. You'll see just what I mean. Poor sucker. 

• Third time lucky -- you can only keep Ryan Smyth off the sheet for so long. Antti Niemi stoned him on the first two but not to start the third. Smyth leaves it all on the ice. Every shift.