Carman

I meant back up goalies*

Pretty sure the goalies don't have as much impact as the first line center playing 20+ minutes.

I like to eliminate factors that don't support my arguments too.

I'm sure his first half pace had nothing to do with it. You're right.

No, no they don't. Crosby is the best player in this era by a wide margin.

No one is putting an All-time label on him now, but he's one of the few players in this generation that have the ability to do so. He's on the pace to be one. The NHL will suffer so very much if Crosby does not recover 100%. Crosby will be the reason the NHL will be successful league or fall back into the shadows

East without a doubt.

Holland still has a lot left in the tank, he's only 55 so he'll be here awhile. Yzerman will be a GM for Detroit eventually, that 10 year gap between the two will be a factor. As for the question I'll take Holland right now, Yzerman is still the student.

We need more speed in the top six. Might have been the injuries but still think our forecheck was a weakness on the first two lines. Bottom 6 was fantastic, don't foresee anything changing there. On defense I was happy for the most part, might want to start looking for a good physical bottom pairing PK defenseman considering Kronwall's PK time is going to be diminishing the more PP/EV time he gets. Goaltending was superb, keep Jimmy for as long as you can while paying him no more than 4 million.

Just great to see the atmosphere at that game. Even though I wasn't there hearing those cheers made me feel like I was

Ah, my nemesis the "-" is back just when I get in the green. Back to -300 or whatever I was at again.

I want to see Mursak. Get someone 100% healthy in there for the forecheck that's been struggling.

Two different games here, what a performance by Howard. I think I want to see Mursak in, I want his speed on the forecheck and healthy legs, wings can't play a 60 minute game in this series.

We need to keep our 4th line intact for a long time. Helm is the best Now if only our 2nd and 3rd lines can get going.

Anythings possible. This team most certainly could do it. Key word is could though.

Can't have the perfect team every year. Rafalski has done more than enough to earn that deal, remember the circumstances of that deal, he was the premier puck moving defenseman that off season. If we don't sign Rafalski in 08 we would have been much worse off these last couple years.

Eh I don't think we are playing that bad.

Wow what a hit. That's what I like to see Kronwall.

At 9:38

I'll take the one with the Stanley Cup and Olympic gold please.

Well, it could be worse. We need to start skating, hitting and getting the puck on net. There were glimpses of that in the first, so hopefully it's there throughout the rest of the game.

Good shift by Abdelkader there.

Crosby plays on the PK more than Datsyuk.

I firmly believe a healthy Malkin is. He just hasn't been healthy is a long time.

Could be true though, 2 of the 3 best players in the world would be a significant part of any team. I'll look forward to Neal putting up 60 goals next year though. Grats to yzerman, real impressive first year as a GM.