[More Cowbell]

Unfortunately my NHL-watching is over until the championship game. I despise the Dead Things (Red Wings) and Nashville just had bad luck.

I was really impressed with Dan Ellis, who was playing in the minors last year and had never played in a Stanley Cup playoff game. In the six games, Ellis stopped 225 out of 240 shots, with a .938 save %

I wholeheartedly agree with that part about the Red Wings! As a die-hard Avalanche fan from the day they moved to Denver, it is my solemn duty to hate everything about the Wings, from Steve Yzerman right down to the last octopus. Kinda funny that they dug up Chris Osgood from obscurity, maybe we could get Patrick Roy to come back if we end up playing Detroit this year, just so he can go out and beat up Osgood on center ice again.

As for your Preds, sorry about what happened, I was really pulling for them. I agree, Dan Ellis was very impressive, but it seems that his teammates let him down. He had what, 56 saves in game 5 and still lost? That's a shame, and he deserved a better fate that that.

Oh well. If you don't mind seeing an old geezer named Joe Sakic try for another Stanley Cup, we'd be more than happy to take you on as a temporary Avs fan this year...