I wish I'd seen the Canada - USA WJHC game too but was just a little late for me. Trouble is, I'm always staying up anyways to watch Avs games so an extra night of that here and there ruins me! Still, I'll be doing it that during the play-offs. Sleep is for pussies then!

I think the Caps may come unstuck with their brand of hockey in a tight 7 game series, as last year against the Pens. It'll be interesting to see if they do bring in a better goalie. Varlamov is definitely their man going forward but he can't seem to get fit right now and they obviously don't trust Theodore enough.

It's great being an Avs fan right now. The players have obviously bought into Joe Sacco's gameplan and they're playing really well, especially considering how bad last year was. Craig Anderson has been fantastic in goal, Matt Duchene and Ryan O'Reilly have been superb from the word go and then you have Chris Stewart as well as TJ Galiardi, Brandon Yip and Ryan Wilson having really good years. Just hope the sophomore slumps aren't too bad, considering that 5 of the top 30 rookie scorers are Avs! It'd majorly us over. Overall, I'd be delighted with a play-off appearance but if the Avs can keep this form up and the Canucks have a terrible time on the road (14 game road trip - ouch!), there's no reason why we can't clinch the North West. It'd be nice to see more people in The Can!