Fastest four goals in Cup history. Impressive. Now on to a few things that caught my eye:

• Confident athletes think they can... and they do. At least that's what a couple of important scholars always said in all those sports psychology texts I had to read. Pretty much sums up Tim Thomas. And exposes Roberto Luongo...

• Leaders lead and the rest follow. No wonder the Orcas are all embellishing and whining -- Henrik and Daniel are doing that and so is Ryan Kesler. That's not leadership to me; it's just really bad management.

• Mason Raymond managed to get off the ice but ended up immobilized on a back board for a trip to the hospital. His spine was extremely vulnerable when he hammered the boards like that. Pray for this kid. I mean it.

• The Canucks took their eyes off the prize. They changed their pregame routine by coming out to the ice surface a few hours before the game to soak in the atmosphere. It was their first big gaffe in concentration and it carried over onto the ice.

• Shawn Thornton's warm-up taunts of Roberto Luongo -- first firing a puck at the netminder while he was stretching at the side boards and then shouting verbal taunts as he skated by on the next warm-up circle -- went completely undefended. Not a single teammate even said a word. Sometimes nothing says everything.

• Cory Schneider, RFA -- wouldn't he look good in the Swamp as a one-year apprentice to Martin Brodeur? The Orcas will trade him; the Devils should be at the front of the line.

• I've said it before but I'm going to say it again -- Dennis Seidenberg is the best shutdown defender in this series and may be top five in the entire NHL. It just goes to illustrate that defenders really are like fine wine -- give them some time to mature and they develop into impressive, big-bodied favorites. Philly, Phoenix and Carolina gave up waaaaaaay too early.

• The Bruins -- dominant in Boston and just a three bounces from winning in Vancouver. Those odds will eventually change and that could come Wednesday night.

• I am SICK AND TIRED of the whine coming out of the Vancouver dressing room. They were apparently "astounded" that no penalty was called on the Raymond injury. There was no penalty to call on the play; it was just an unfortunate injury. I'm so tired of their 'everyone is out to get us' mentality. They may be Canada's team but I'm really starting to root for Boston. 

• Was it me or did Kevin Bieksa look like he was pouting out there after they went down four, or maybe even three. I know he's supposed to be skating on a bad foot but he didn't even try to be first man back a couple times.

• Mark Recchi will move into managing soon. He won't be Steve Yzerman but he'll be special in his own respect. He knows exactly how to take the pressure off his younger teammates and deflect attention onto himself. And six points in six games this series at the ripe old age of 43. Everyone should be impressed.

• Keeper leaguers should be targeting Brad Marchand right now. His 16 points this postseason are a springboard to a 50 per cent increase in output -- including PIMs -- next year. He may never speak Tikkanese but he could come very, very close.