If only playoff hockey could just be playoff hockey and not these garbage hits
by Sam Fels from Deadspin > Sports News Without Fear, Favor or Compromise on (#5JKXN)

When hockey fans tell you, and they will tell you, that playoff hockey is the best thing in sports, what they're imagining is that every game, every series, looks like Game 2 of the Avalanche and Knights. The thing is, of course, it doesn't, and a lot of series are just noisy slogs as coaches really up the defensive...