Nice t.v. I have my 37 inch Vizio that I watch from. One day I will upgrade... that's really cool about Osgood. I've never heard the name of the other player, though. The closest I've ever come to hockey players was back in '92 or '93 I waited on a 3 hour line at Roosevelt Field Mall in Nassau County, Long Island for Mick Vukota's, Travis Green's, and my favorite at the time, Pierre Turgeon's autograph. Signed on an Islander puck, and encased in plastic. I've never opened it since.
When it comes to styles of hockey, I am and always have been a big fan of North American hockey. I like what the European style brings to the ice, and the finese is fantastic, but the blood thirsty side of me likes to see some hard hits, and a fight now and then. My absolute favorite fight in the playoffs came in the 01-02 Islanders/Maple Laffs series: Eric Cairns (Islanders) vs Shane Corson (Maple Laffs). Cairns and Corson go at it for a few, and then Cairns puts Corson away with a series of punches as both fall to the ice. Cairns tops it off by giving the crowd his pointer finger to say "I'm number 1." That was an awesome series; exciting until the end.
I'm definitely watching Detroit and Anaheim tonight. I know the fighting is uncharacteristic of Datsyuk which is why tonight's game 7 shouldn't disappoint like last night's. I don't care who wins because Chicago is in trouble either way if they don't fix Khabibulum and Huet.
Go B's!