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		What's hot, what's not for NHL playoffs By Jim Wilkie Page 2

			As the toughest, most grueling championship tournament in sports opens Wednesday night, Page 2 decided to put the Stanley Cup playoffs to the test. We've got a pretty good idea what to expect in the next two months of playoff hockey. So, here's our take on what's hot and what's not as the Stanley Cup playoffs begin: Page 2's Hot 'n' Not list for the Stanley Cup playoffs Category   Hot   Not Dog   CuJo   Coyotes Cat   Felix Potvin   Panthers Decoy to hide more serious injuries   Hoof and mouth disease   Groin injury Pool pick   Milan Hejduk   Keith Tkachuk Pool sleeper   Scott Thornton   Scott Gomez Holdout   Michael Peca   Eric Lindros Original Six   Red Wings   Maple Leafs Late-season pickup   Mike Sillinger   Rob Blake Between-periods player interview cliché   "We just need to be patient, keep playing our own game."   "We need to take it one shift at a time." Capital   Ottawa   Dainius Zubrus Arena pump-up song   Anything Metallica   "Who Let the Dogs Out" Celebrity fan   Ed Norton   Tim Robbins Pest   Mike Ricci   Darcy Tucker Superstition   Skipping merrily over blue lines and red line   Lucky blazer Money sniper   Patrik Elias   Pavol Demitra Grinder   Martin Lapointe   Darren Langdon Enforcer   Georges Laraque   Chris Simon Redemption story   Alexei Yashin   Roman Turek Defensive force   Scott Stevens   Chris Chelios Sentimental favorite   Ray Bourque   Mario Lemieux Tradition   Blues' early exit   Octupus on Detroit ice Badge of honor   Stitches   Concussion Cagey GM   Lou Lamoriello   Pat Quinn Referee taunt   "It took two of you to miss that call?"   "Have another doughnut, you fat pig." Czech   Roman Cechmanek   Dominik Hasek Newfie   Natasha Henstridge   Harold Druken Playoff beard   Full-on Grizzly Adams look   Soul patch Dumb-fan interaction   Penalty-box diving   Glass banging Overrated advantage   Home ice   Veteran leadership Scary young team   Oilers   Canucks Tactic   Left-wing lock   Neutral-zone trap Penalty   Unsportsmanlike conduct, diving   Instigator Hair   Mullet (makin' a comeback?)   Mullet (nah!) Athlete-as-owner   Michael Jordan   Wayne Gretzky Between-periods entertainment   Just bring out the damn Zambonis, and let's play the games.   Shinny in inflatable sumo wrestling suits Target market   NASCAR country   Great White North (NHL policy, not ours) Goalie mask design   Patrick Lalime's Marvin the Martian   Olie the goalie's Kolzilla Country of origin   Kazakhstan   Latvia Jim Wilkie is an editor for Page 2. Send this story to a friend | Most sent stories		ALSO SEE: What's hot, what's not for Sweet 16 What's hot, what's not for NCAA Tourney What's hot, what's not at spring training What's hot, what's not at Super Bowl XXXV What's hot, what's not in 2001
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