Wayne Gretzky is still arguably the best player ever to play the game, but the 80s were a time when coaching and goaltending were not up to par with offensive play. Coaching was less strategic and tactical and more about motivating players while almost all goalies played a stand-up style (which made them vulnerable to wrap-around plays and quick passing) with smaller equipment.

lol that was me!!! but the smart ass who edited back to hank, forgot to edit the year, it still says 2010-2011 winner, hahaha

Wow, Fleury's off to a rough start!

damn 1-1

pk subban is so smooooth

cooke injured markov...looked like a shoulder popping?

hopefully Montreal can win this

damn Pens scored

3-2 pens

Can someone please post the betting odds for the remaining series'?
Wanna make some bets w/ friends tonight.

Just got back from Vegas - put $100 on the Habs for game 7, paid out $350. lol

wow... gutsy move there..

As much as I want the habs to win, I don't think Halak can carry his team pass round 2.

Partly hope driven plus I thought he had 1 more great performance left in the tank to close it up.

hopefully the habs can learn penguins' playing style from this game.

Daaaymmm where has PK Subban been all year. The kid's an excellent puck moving dman.

What are your predictions for the 2nd round?

West
#1 San Jose vs #5 Detroit (5 games)
#2 Chicago vs #3 Vancouver (6 games)

East
#4 Pittsburgh vs #8 Montreal (6 games)
#6 Boston vs #7 Philadelphia (7 games)

West
#1 San Jose vs #8 Detroit (7 games)
#2 Chicago vs #3 Vancouver (lol)

East
#4 Pittsburgh vs #8 Montreal (5 games)
#6 Boston vs #7 Philadelphia (6 games)

Why do you guys have detroit as the 8th seed?

they're the 5th seed

My memory is not as good as it use to be...:(

yikes, 6-3 final. MTL allowed 4 PPG's!

hopefully Montreal wins the next game

And I thought our PP sucked...and LOL @ Don Cherry going off on the e-mails read on the i-desk.

The Sportscenter panel (Darren Pang, Bob McKenzie and I think Aaron Ward last night) unanimously picked Henrik as the Hart winner.

I love Hank and all and totally want him to win but I think Crosby is gonna take it.

I think so too. Crosby is unstoppable so far in the playoffs.

Hopefully Samulson's back ain't as bad as the media is making it out to be.

Like Jah said, that was funny how Cherry went off on that email ...