To start us off Stanley Cup winner and Olympic Gold Medallist Sidney Crosby of Pittsburgh was being publicly ripped in the name of getting in his head and affecting his performance. The often ridiculed superstar says it hasn't got in his head but his team is now golfing or kicking pictures of Claude Giroux.
A Conn Smythe award a Vezina trophy oh... and a Stanley Cup are not enough to shake off the fans in Washington for Bruins goaltender Tim Thomas who is haunted by his decision to not attend the White House with the Bruins to celebrate their Stanley Cup victory last season.
Then you have Ilya Bryzgalov. Who is haunted by bears and fans... or fans dressed like bears... or a strange combination of both. How about bears in the crowd?
As a bonus for strange/funny so far Pittsburgh and Philadelphia have set a new record for goals scored in the first four games of a playoff series. 45 is the new magic number. The 1984-1985 playoff series between the Oilers and the Blackhawks comes in second with 44 goals.
A 10-3 rout of the Flyers helped Pittsburgh not only stay alive but also set the record. If you want to see more stats from this wild series check out an article from the Bleacher Report's. I don't normally recommend that site because it's run by fans with wild imaginations but the article I linked has some fun numbers. Philadelphia would go on to win the series in 6 games in a rather anticlimactic 5-1 Flyer win.
At the time of this writing all four Western Conference series have been decided. The Kings eliminated the Canucks and their departure has led to the annual "Where will Luongo be traded?" rumours as expected. Come on Toronto ;)
The St Louis Blues defeated the Sharks so the fans and columnists are now trading Patrick Marleau.
Phoenix beat the Blackhawks so Patrick Kane is being waved around by the fans and hockey writers like the white flag of defeat.
Nashville's defeat has put Detroit into Lidstrom limbo once again. As a bonus Tomas Holmstrom is also contemplating retirement. The days of "hockey town" dominating the NHL are getting closer that is until they draft two more Zetterberg's in the 6th and 7th rounds of this years draft.
Three Eastern Conference series are going to game sevens. If all the other series taught us anything Washington, Florida and Ottawa advance thoughor the sake of sanity and entertainment I hope New York and New Jersey win their game 7's so we at least have a few entertaining hockey teams to watch from the East. As for the Bruins... ... Lets go Ovechkin!
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