Headmanthepuck!

The closest I saw to a meltdown by Ozzie this playoff season was the one game in Columbus where he tweaked his groin or whatever he tweaked and he ended up giving those 5 goals. Otherwise he's been rock steady, with a 2.00 GAA average. That's a little bit worse then last years stellar GAA in the playoffs, and you can argue/attribute that to the PK being worse then last year.

What year did Stevie start killing penalties on a regular basis? Just curious as I don't remember.

2011 Anaheim or San Jose vs. Detroit @ Comerica would be a great game!

2011 Anaheim or San Jose vs. Detroit @ Comerica would be a great game!

The old Boston Gardens was the shortest rink in the NHL. I guess they didn't deserve their 5 Cups as the Bruins didn't have to skate as far when playing at home?

The last time the Wings won 5 Cups in thirteen year span was 1943-1955. If they win it again this year it's 5 Cups in a twelve year span if you don't count the cancelled 2004-2005 season. I say the current Wings span is more impresssive given the four rounds it takes to win.

The Wings are a lot deeper now than in 2007 when the injuries were a contributing factor in the loss to Anaheim.

Yzerman never bitched or whined when the Wings were getting beat by those great Oiler teams in the Western Conference Finals back in 1987 and 1988.

What teams does Detroit have losing records against? Montreal for sure and I'm thinking Boston as well. I know we are only up a game or two aginst Toronto.

I though the Rangers had a chance to advance into the second round, but their "D" and goalie Henrik Lundqvist let them down.

I'm pretty sure they were favored by a wide margin over the Av's. Some were saying the Pred's would upset them in the first round, but not that many.

The Wings have been getting flack from some their oponents coach for cheating in the face-ff circle the last couple of years in the playoffs. Fans of other team's message boards complain about the Wings players contined obstruction of their teams players.

Any idea how long it will take Jonathan Ericsson to recover from his appendectomy?

Osgood has really jacked up his game for the playoffs. You can knock him for having his worst regular season save % and GAA in his career during the 2008-09 reagular season, but all that's a moot point if he has 75 career playoff wins and another Cup to his bio in the next few weeks.