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Playoff Observations -- Saturday

Just a few things that caught my eye:

  • Own goals. Steve Smith is still at the top of the list but Tom Poti could end up right behind him. 
  • Don Cherry's suit on Coach's Corner was something. I can usually identify the curtains he stole to make his jackets but those flowers were flat-out nauseating. Some little old lady is staring at a naked picture window and wondering what went wrong.
  • Maybe Yanni will sing the anthem on Monday night at Mellon Arena. It's the least he can do for forcing the Caps and Pens to play back-to-back games. Mind you, that'd pretty much curse the tuxedoed birds...
  • Watched the replay of Tomas Kopecky's ill-fated decision to fight Francois Beauchemin in Game 4. Sometimes bravery and stupidity go hand-in-hand. The worst part? Seeing him check the height of his cheekbones while sitting in the box post-thumping. Looks like surgery and a steady diet of liquids for a few months.
  • Either Evgeni Malkin is freakishly fast to the outside or the Caps' defenders are wearing lead skates. He was a bull all night long.
  • The mortar between the bricks of the Bhulin Wall don't seem as solid as it should be. Nikolai Khabibulin has been OK but not great. He needs to do a bit of parging, I think.
  • Maybe that's what Mats Sundin needed -- a pair of Swedish twins to jolt the old guy's twig into action. Nice goal.