Sorry Dave Hodge, I'm borrowing your segment. It's just so catchy!
I don't usually like to start off with a negative attitude, but thumbs down to Colin Campbell for not suspending Mike Cammalleri. His wallop to the head of Martin Havlat was pre-meditated, violent, and dangerous. It was away from the puck, and even before the whistle. It was not a hockey play, and he should've been reprimanded by the league. Especially when you consider that just a day before, Flyers' pest Daniel Carcillo was suspended one game for doing essentially the same thing.
Conversely, thumbs up to Martin Havlat. Not necessarily for his two-goal performance, which tied and won the game for Chicago in the aftermath of the Cammalleri incident, but for the way he conducted himself when questioned about the elbow. This afternoon on HockeyCentral, Havlat didn't whine or complain or make accusations about the Flames' winger, he simply attributed the conduct to the competitive nature of athletes during the playoffs.
Thumbs up to the Canes' Tuomo Ruutu. Every year in the playoffs, certain players have a coming out party. While Ruutu made a name for himself at the last World Cup of Hockey, he has sort of fallen off the radar since then, but he had a terrific regular season playing with Eric Staal, and his solid play has continued into the playoffs. Not only is he dangerous offensively, but if you're playing against him and have your head down, you may not have a head at the end of your shift.
An extra thumb, pointed upward, to Marc-Andre Fleury, who just made an unbelievable save to preserve an opportunity for the Penguins to win game two.
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