Very sad day in Hockey as Bob Probert passed yesterday. One of my favourite players when I was growing up and probably one of the few tough guys from the 90's that could play today. It's sad players like him don't exist any more, what a fun player he was to watch, he mostly supplied fights, but he could score, set guys up, etc. Here's a couple of links if you haven't already heard:

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=326672

http://www.windsorstar.com/life/Former+tough+remembered+kindness+generosity+love+family/3239001/story.html

One of the best fights of all time:

http://www.hockeyfights.com/fights/53850

With the first round of the playoffs coming to a close tonight what are everyones thoughts on how the first round went? If Washington wins tonight I'm at .500, which I'm not happy about because I should have never picked Buffalo, Jersey, and LA.

As always playoff hockey is amazing, one stat that speaks to that is average hits per game: regular season mid 40's versus playoffs 63, if you've watched it's not that surprising based on what we're seen. I have tough picking who's going to be in the final, I don't think we'll see a Pittsburgh - Detroit final.

It's nice to just watch and not really care. My prediction: Pens vs Nucks. Basis: proven goaltending.