truly unfortunate that Crosby is taken out this way . . . after carrying his team on his back last playoffs, much like LeBron did with the Cavs, he was looking for yet another improbable Cup . . . his play so far was riveting, inspiring an undermanned team to overachieve

truly unfortunate also that the NHL feels it needs to cater to the Neanderthal element south of the border, not to mention in Canada's biggest market, by allowing stuff like this . . . it is what it is . . . don't like it, but i'll keep watching . . . just like i kept watching after Clarke took out Kharlamov . . .