MafiaMan

Really? How so?

This is the same Corey Crawford who has battled it out with Antti Niemi and Ray Emery for the starting job over most of the past four seasons, right? For a second there, I thought we were talking about Vladislav Tretiak.

That reminds me of my all-time favorite taunt from years gone by...Montreal defenseman Patrice Brisebois (pronounced breeze-baugh) had been beaten like a mule so many times one year that the fans taunted him by chanting slightly mis-pronounced BREEZE-BY at him. Not the road fans...the HOME fans!

I'm confused. Teams like the Wild and Devils trapped their way around NHL ice for years...I only WISH the NHL of the mid-to-late 1990's and early 2000's had Olympic-size venues.

Wow again! Anze Kopitar is worth the price of admission. What a player.

Wow! How did the Ducks not score there?

Jersey watch: Ducks: So much potential with that name and those colors. But we get a hot mess of Minnesota Wild and St Louis Blues random piping. More orange would be great. Kings: I like the return to the Gretzky-era black, silver, and white (still think yellow and purple was better) but the stubby pencil logo just kills that jersey for me.

Totally agree on the scholarship/no scholarship issue. ESPN loves to make a big deal out of nothing. Little Giants...great movie. Fumble-rooski!

He played a pretty important role in the Anaheim Ducks Stanley Cup title season, too. Giguere played in the finals and got the most attention though.

It's called sarcasm...I know Union isn't exactly Rick Moranis' "Little Giants" as opposed to Ed O'Neill's big bad Cowboys... On the flip-side, Minnesota's "Pride on Ice" doesn't exactly expect to lose to Union.

You're kidding, right?

How many current Wild fans here were former fans of the North Stars?

Wow! I called in a favor to a buddy and was told that while the Wild had to cut corners somewhere in order to pay a couple of $98 million salaries, they were able to fix this injustice somewhat by offering you a waffle cone. Beggars can't be choosers, right?

...and if in 5 years Dillon Simpson captains Edmonton to back-to-back-to-back Stanley Cups, North Dakota will be known as "Oiler Country" for a very different reason than it is today...

Any truth to the rumor coming out of Dinkytown that Minnesota is considering dumping hockey scholarships altogether so they can compete better with the Harvards and Union Colleges of NCAA hockey?

I don't want to use the term 'desperate' in describing the Wild's goaltending situation, but Wilbur's getting $500 and an authentic jersey with his NOB to suit up as the back-up for game 2.

Some fans cheer for teams they grew up watching...some cheer for teams in specific cities...some cheer for specific players and just follow whatever team he is on. Diff'rent strokes for different folks, I guess. That being said, if TJ Oshie had won 2 of the past 4 Stanley Cups or Zach Parise wins 2 of the next 4, you'll see plenty of allegiances here on SiouxSports.com changing - but not mine. And no, Goon isn't from Boston. But he did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night.

If Toews was traded this morning to the expansion Donald Sterlings of Los Angeles franchise, 1/2 of Blackhawks fans on the board here would be wearing new hockey jerseys with Donald's face on the front of it quicker than Oxbow6 can say ".6 t-shirt."

...as opposed to the Twins, Timberwolves, and Vikings...and 100 other sports franchises where the team owner pays for 100% of the stadium cost? Hell, if it wasn't for Pennsylvania's taxpayers, DaveK would be busy cheering on his Kansas City Penguins this playoff season...thanks to Missouri's taxpayers.

Final: Rangers 4 Penguins 2 (OT)

Jersey watch: Blackhawks reds vs Wild whites = A++

...and another blown call on the ice...New York scores...play continues as the ref signals "no goal"...and New York scores again a few seconds later to win it in OT. So the guy who thinks e scored the game winner is probably finding out right now that the game actually ended about four seconds earlier.

Consol Energy Center...just doesn't roll off the tongue like "the Igloo" used to...

Fixed your post.

Oh I do too...a lot. Have you seen the Aeros jerseys with the USA star on the shoulders? It's fabulous. EDIT: I'm not talking about the WIld-icized version either. Here's a good look at a couple of versions...change the blue to black in both, tinker with the green a bit, and you've got a sweet jersey http://www.ebay.com/...K-/141258017317 http://www.ebay.com/...S-/111319558887