Dabura

I have a real hard time watching EC games these days. meh

"When the intensity rises, we like our chances in that regard, too. We don't think much of them on a personal, character level. We think that's to our advantage."

My money's on a mild concussion. If it's looking like he'll be back for the SCF, management obviously wouldn't want this problem known, as all it'd take is one shot to the head to knock Mule out for the postseason -- and sorry, but the Pens aren't above that.

Series is over. People getting on the OP's case gotsta chill.

It's going to be Wings-Pens. There's really no denying it at this point. Pens have a good team. Explosive offensive threats (Crosby, Malkin), quiet-but-efficient workhorses (Hossa, Gonchar), a hot goalie, snarl -- they have a lot going for them. But if the Wings keep rolling like this, there'll be no stopping them. That said, the matchups will be veeeeeery interesting.

First period...not so much. But by the third...definitely. Finals, baby.!

Dats with the hat. Gotta love it.

Ott is such trash.

It almost looks like the puck disappears for a split second on that replay of Morrow's whiff. Mystic forces at work?

Worries me a bit....

Maltby owned his ass. Well worth the two minutes, imo.

LOL @ slashing Homer. "Huh, wuh? Oh, I see what you did there." - Homer

Bang!

Truth.

The 4th line's looking like a liability tonight. Babs head better be conservative.

Why oh why are they talking to Steve %&%$^ing Ott?

Hank's missing a tooth...?

Hell yeah.

More or less. Can I just say...enough with the special teams already.

Looking nervous.

Maybe next time.

Wouldn't surprise me at all.

The first thought that popped into my head when Ribeiro slashed Ozzy was "You just woke them up." As the Flames, Sharks, and to a lesser extent the Ducks will tell you -- that's not good.

It's a good day to be fired.

I'm not going to get into a full-on debate about this. I'll just expand on what I've already said: right now, Hank and Dats each stack up fairly well against Crosby on a pound-for-pound basis (not factoring in career upside and value to their respective franchises). Crosby is probably the greater straightforward offensive threat, but several years from now when people are talking about how Crosby has "elevated his game" since his rookie season, it'll be in reference to him starting to do things that Hank and Dats are already doing right now.