No Time To Spare

• Jussi Jokinen's goal with 0.2 seconds remaining in the third period not only gave the Carolina Hurricanes a most dramatic victory, but also set a record for the latest game winning goal scored in regulation time of a NHL playoff game. Bob Pulford of the Toronto Maple Leafs previously held the record. In game one of the 1964 Stanley Cup Finals Pulford scored with just two seconds left to give the Leafs the series lead over the Detroit Red Wings.
• Vancouver's 4-0 series victory over St. Louis gave the Canucks their first ever best of seven series sweep in franchise history.
• The Blues played hard for stretches in the series, including dominating much of game four. With a couple of lucky bounces, or anyone other than Roberto Luongo in net, the Blues would still be alive, and maybe even would have gotten one more home date in game six.
  
• There is something magical about Bob Cole's voice on Hockey Night In Canada. I know they are phazing him out. He's getting older and over the course of a long season his work has notably deteriorated. But after a long break from him, I sure welcome his unique style back in the Montreal-Boston series.
  
• Much of this season's focus has been on pests. Sean Avery. Steve Ott. Adam Burish is the most talked about in the last couple of days. I know pests have been around as long as pucks and skates have, but could we not give these guys unsportsmanlike misconduct penalties. Not only does their antics precipitate acts of violence, but is detrimental and sometimes downright embarassing to the game.
• I had the strangest dream last night. It was back in the early 1980s and news reports had Mark "The Bird" Fidrych beating up Edmonton defenseman Charlie Huddy outside of the Oilers dressing room right before a game. I wonder how to interpret this one? And where was Dave Semenko?