Perhaps do the experiment with ballistic gelatin instead of paper.

That's an unfair representation of what it means to be hit. Clothing and skin are much denser, and the projectiles would lose force as they shed velocity.

I'm not saying the guy wasn't injured, I'm just saying that using a paper target to try to demonstrate the effect of a shotgun blast on a human being is like taking a trip into the "No-Spin Zone".

You can do better than that.

Ok, so if nichetude it is, then I'll have to take it.

Even the Canadian press seems intent on driving the U.S. fan further into the niche.

I was at Monday's game, and I'll be there again tonight. I said to my seatmate last game that the whole game felt likt OT.

What a great, hard-hitting game it was.

I expect the Senators will have a bit more jump tonight; I'm hopeful that it won't matter. The Ducks have a bit of work to mop up their Power Play and Penalty Kill, but I think they have the sheer force of will to take the Cup.

I love this game. I love that my team is still playing into late May and June. And I REALLY love that Sammy Pahlsson is in line for the Selke, and now everyone on the East Coast gets to see just why that is.

Who knew Peter Forsberg was moonlighting the the NBA?

(that's a hockey inside joke)

I'll take it. I want to see the cup on Balboa Island. I want to see it glinting brighter and far more honest than the Crystal Cathedral.

More, I want to see the undrafted hopefuls lift the cup. Guys like Andy McDonald, Chris Kunitz and Dustin Penner, lift the cup. Guys who everyone else had given up on as too small, too slow, no hands, too big.

So if the "old guy" wins it, cool. But there are some young guys who deserve it too. There are more stories to this playoff series than just Selanne's token "Old Man" role.

I've watched the cup get skated on TV many times, but last night was the first time I ever saw it in person.

I'm happiest for J.S. Giguere who had the painful honor of being a Conn Smythe winner on the losing team in 2003.

This cup run for the Ducks was so full of stories, it'd fill a newspaper.

There were obvious ones of Teemu Selanne's first cup at 36 and the Niedermayer brothers finally win one together and their mom doesn't have to pick a favorite son.

Last night, though, was about other guys.

Joe DiPenta, who, at least for a moment, outshines Sidney Crosby as Nova Scotia's star.

Andy McDonald, Chris Kunitz, Dustin Penner, Ryan Shannon and all the other guys who went undrafted and overlooked by 29 other clubs.

Travis Moen, who usually spends his springs helping plant the crops on his family's farm.

Shawn Thornton and Kent Huskins - career minor-league players that stepped up and left everything on the ice for their team.

And that's just the Ducks.

From the Senators, Daniel Alfredsson's idiotic gaffe in game 4 probably handed Scott Niedermayer the Conn Smythe, as it showcased Scotty's ability to take the high road and bring his entire team along for the ride.

Then Alfredsson's gritty attempt to take that gaffe back in game 5, where he scored the only two Ottawa goals.

I'll spend the next three months with Pennywise's "Bro Song" looping through my head and look forward to another wonderful season starting in September.

t.

The hair! The 'stache! The bruised knuckles!

The degree from Princeton???

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