Let's go Kings. That way Darryl Sutter can finally win a cup: none as a player or coach.

It would be strange for Dean Lombardi to get a cup before the Sharks :-/

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Rangers forward Marion Gaborik underwent surgery to repair a torn labrum in his shoulder. Team sources say Gaborik suffered in injury in game 3 or 4 of the first round of the playoffs against Ottawa. Recovery time is expected to be around 6 months.

The injury helps explain Gabo's inconsistent play in the Caps and Devils series. I give the guy credit for gutting it out and playing despite the injury.

Tim Thomas taking a year off, as a Bruins fan, I don't like it, I think it's pretty selfish.

I just look at him in a completely different light since the White House thing. He doesn't seem to get the team concept like other players do.

How is it selfish to want to spend time with your family? He's 38. He might as well just retire if he's taking a year off.

Well I remember Ozzie Guillen refusing to go the White House after the White Sox won the World Series in 05, when Bush was there, nobody complained then. Just saying.

I think part of my impression of him comes from how adversarial he was about it afterwards, getting so frustrated with the media and everything. He helped turn it into a distraction, just my opinion though.

It's funny, him taking a year off instead of retiring actually helps the Bruins. Now, theoretically, they could trade him to a team that needs to spend money to get to the salary cap minimum. That team would then suspend him, and his $5 million counts against the cap but they don't have to actually pay him any real money. Might be cap circumvention though.

Right now I don't have a TV that can get anything over the air or by satellite or cable, so I'm missing out on the Stanley Cup finals . I've got to get all my info off the web.

With the Devils losing two on home ice, they now have to win 3 at Staples Center and 1 at home to win the Cup. It's not gonna happen, IMO.

Before the series began, actor David Boreanaz ("Angel," "Bones") predicted in a Tweet that LA would take it in 6 (Boreanaz is a Flyers fan). He might want to revise that number down to 5. Four is not out of the question.