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These awkward Pierre moments are killing me.

Doc isn’t irritating me as much as he was in Round 1.  Maybe it was just pregnancy hormones or — and clearly this is more likely — he read my blog and decided to dial back on the passive voice.

St Louis Blues vs LA Kings

I feel so dirty cheering for the Kings.

I felt sort of bad for Jake Allen and his 17 seconds of NHL game time in Game 2.  Sneaky move by Hitchcock to get around the icing/timeout restriction by swapping the goalie, though.

There’s really nothing else to say about this series other than, damn, St Louis.  I’ve seen a lot of Sharks fans wonder how St Louis could cream the Sharks and then be swept by the Kings.  That’s easy.  The Sharks played like ass.

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Vancouver Canucks vs LA Kings

This just doesn’t stop being funny.  I’ve been laughing at this all day.

If I were a Kings season ticket holder and had to listen to that Cartman voice all the time, I would stab myself in the ears.

I am so sick of the casual sexism of the “Sedin Sisters” jokes/posters/T-shirts.  The only joke here is that the Sedin twins are girls and, thus, inferior.  This is not even clever.

See above, re “LA Queens”.

I am a bad person because I cannot see Dustin Penner without thinking of pancakes.

The Canucks have a place in my heart now for being the only team whose special teams make the Sharks’ look decent by comparison.  Two short handed goals against and a power play goal against in one game?  That’s just sad.

Jonathan Quick should win the Vezina even if he does play for a west coast team.

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