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When I first saw it I thought he was pulling off that stunt he did back in Montreal when he was flopping all over the ice faking an injury. Guess thats not the case this time.

Against the Wings he is.

Didn't you say he was a stud earlier in the thread? Its not so much he's a choker its the teams he's been on that are chokers. He's always been a top winger on those teams so he gets a lot of the blame.

Not all of the Ottawa teams he was on were bad. In 01' they finished 2nd in the conference and got swept by the Leafs after Ottawa beat them in every single game during the regular season, then they only managed to score 3 goals in a 4 game series. In 03' they finished high in the conference once again and lost in game 7 of the 3rd round. Decent team in 04' but again got beaten by the Leafs in the first round. Yes Hossa has had decent numbers, but he's far from being a "stud" in the playoffs. One good playoff while playing with two of the best players in the league in Malkin and Crosby and still not winning the cup isn't going to change that. I agree he's an elite player, but only in the regular season because he's proven that. I wish he was still a Wing we could really be using him right now, but he's a division rival so I'm not going to like him anymore. Once again he's on a cup contending team in the Hawks, he's got another chance to prove people wrong this year. If I was a Hawks fan I'd be praying they don't play Detroit in the first round.

So Hossa has been injured every year in the playoffs except 08?

Anyone know who it was that Barker went after? Boxscore says he got a fighting major, instigator and game misconduct but nobody for the Blues even had a penalty at the same time.

1. Ovechkin 2. St-Louis 3. Parise 4. Savard 5. M. Richards

The classy Flames fans decided to boo Kopitar the rest of the game for not being injured.

I think the Wings had 2 in the same period in a game a couple of years ago.

Give it a few years and I'm sure people will mention Backes. Lucic a *****? Why because he wouldn't fight Laraque? ... As long as he plays in the east, nobody here will be hating him too much.

This is also my five, in no order though.

Same here. Good thing Stevie and Babcock are running the show so we at least have them to cheer for.

Congrats to Brodeur. He earned this one, 35 saves tonight.

I found that more hilarious then dirty. Well the last 2 punches anyway.

I think its mandatory in the AHL now.