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NHL Playoff Hockey Observations -- Sunday

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Published on April 18, 2010

Just a few things that caught my eye:

I thought I knew Sidney Crosby's ceiling; now I know he doesn't have one. Unbelievable.

Square peg in a round hole. Ilya Kovalchuk has never had to play in a team system. And it shows. I don't care that he has five points in his last two games -- he just doesn't fit.

I'd take Martin Brodeur on my team any day -- best twine-tending performance so far. Bar none.

I can't take credit for this one but I love it. Steve Simmons (love him or hate him) of the Toronto Sun: "Watching the speed of the Phoenix-Detroit playoff series makes me wonder: Do the Leafs actually play in the same league?"

David Bolland is one of the most underrated players in the NHL. He'll deliver large this postseason if the Hawks can escape the Tennessean trap.

I guess that good for the goose, good for the gander thing is a load of crap. The Orcas lost Saturday's game on a questionable too-many-men penalty yet Niklas Lidstrom can play the puck before leaving the bench on Sunday and get away Scott-free. Alain Vigneault must be spitting tacks.

I don't think Antti Niemi is better than I thought. The Nashville Etch-A-Sketch offense is just worse than I imagined.

Petr Prucha, Radim Vrbata and Martin Hanzal -- Czech-mate. Now if the 'Yotes can only get Ilya Bryzgalov to stop cheating off the post.

Dany Heatley has a hang nail. At least the Sharks will have something to blame.