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On another note related to the cheering for injuries thing. Who remembers when Pronger took that Mirinov slapper in the sternum at point blank range, collapsed to the ice and was without a pulse for a minute there in the 98 playoffs when he was with St. Louis? Our medical staff was at his side before the Blues own guys were even though he was on the opposing team. Our crowd cheered enthusiastically as he was taken concious from the ice. That's what Hockeytown is about. Like it or not there was a sizable enough contingent in Anaheim to be easily heard who were clearly taking pleasure in an opposing players potentially serious injury. Just suck it up and do the right thing by condemning it. Pretending it was something it wasn't just hurts your credibility.

There's a good sport and a guy who takes the same attitude I do when we lose to somebody. Who wants to think that they were eliminated by a second rate team? Having said that, this series scares me despite everyting I've read in this thread. I believe we can win and no offense to this Calgary fan, but this team ain't the Flames. Kippur was superb, but we out muscled them overall on every other level. SJ isn't going to allow that. On the other hand Hockey is one game where the mental element reigns surpreme. We've been eliminated twice recently by 8th seeded teams that willed themselves to the finals. That will be the deciding factor in this series in my opinion.