Martin Fu**ing Brodeur. The guy was awesome once again, making 42 stops and infuriating me all night. Even though I'm no fool, I cheered like a mofo when Mats Sundin scored to tie things up in the 3rd. You know the rest of the story.

We'll know Paul Maurice and the gang have officially given up when Andrew Raycroft gets the call. Set your ARGH detectors to "imminent".

A quick note about Chad Kilger... I get visits from people wondering what's wrong with Kilger b/c I have some Google juice with his name. After we traded him to Florida, he was granted a leave of absence for personal reasons. His leave ended but he never showed up in Florida. This caused the Panthers to suspend him indefinitely without pay. It sounds like Kilger is battling some personal anxiety issues and will skip the rest of the season. That's all I know, I don't know the man personally, but I hope he works things out and returns to the NHL.