Playoff Musings

I was in New York City this weekend, away from my cable television and, as a result, today was my first chance to take in any playoff action. All I got to see was the tail end of Edmonton-Detroit and the last 15 minutes of Anaheim-Calgary, but if those small samplings were any indication, this is going to be a heck of a month to be a hockey fan. The end of Ducks-Flames was absolutely wild, with Anaheim putting together a rather entertaining parade to the penalty bench in the last ten minutes and nearly having to go to OT because of it. It was rather encouraging to see the refs calling it just as close with five minutes left in a one goal game in the playoffs as they had been all year. Here's hoping they keep that up.