They hyped it up in Musictown as the showdown in the Central and Lidstrom reminded them twice where Hockeytown is. Lidstrom, in his 14th season with Detroit, is making a run for a career year offensively being on a pace for 78 pts. He's also logging upwards of 34 minutes per game, and has multiple points in 10 of the last 17 games, and is 12th in the league (D and forwards) with 30 assists. Legacy, in typical Manny fashion, added "Lidstrom's all right. We'll keep him.."

Being the 1st of 8 games between these two, Nashville tried their best to take Legacy out. Scottie Upshaw intentionally ran the crease and Manny's left knee from behind.

You can't make a run in the playoffs without goaltending (see Ottawa), and Legacy is proving that Osgood will make a nice back-up for him during that stretch. Manny's save % is 0.979 since returning from his knee injury, with a 0.50 GAA in those two games, albeit St. Louis proved why they deserve the 1st pick in the upcoming draft with their stellar 15 shot performance against Detroit in Manny's return game. Question: How do the Czechs not start a goalie in Turin who's 2nd in wins (20) and GAA (2.09), and 3rd in save % (9.29) ? Answer: You start thinking about the other great Czech netminder, Tomas Vokoun. The Czechs are looking great again heading into the Olympic break.