Big Move of June 5th

Manny Malhotra returns to the Canucks lineup after suffering a gruesome eye injury that required emergency surgery in March and has kept him out ever since. It was once thought that Malhotra's career was in jeopardy and that he may never see out of his left eye again. Returning to hockey at all was in doubt let alone making a comeback in the stanley cup final. His return to the lineup last night was nothing short of outstanding and provided one of the greatest moments of hockey this season when he took his first shift and faceoff two minutes into the game in front of a standing ovation and crowd chanting his name. Malhotra's return was a huge emotional boost for the Canucks and his presence in the lineup was by no means trivial or to act as a cheerleader. Malhotra is an excellent faceoff man and proved so by winning 86% of his draws last night, which is a very important and often overlooked part of the game, especially in the playoffs.

Co big move of the day, some asslcown who should have been suspended for last night's game scoring the overtime goal to put the Vancouver Canucks up 2-0 and all but lock up the stanley cup. If you think I'm jinxing it or talking too soon consider this statistic, of 34 teams to open the finals with two straight losses on the road only 2 have been able to come back and win the cup. The most recent being the Pittsburgh Penguins beating the Detroit Red Wings in 2009. I'm going to go out and say Boston will not become the third team to do so and I wouldn't be surprised to see Vancouver sweep the Beaners.