I’m really starting to dislike the Predators and Barry Trotz.

After Game 1, when Hartnell kneed the hell out of Cheechoo: “There was no sticking out of the knee.” What replay were you looking at? It was clear as day. Even I could see it.

After Game 2: “We came here to play hockey tonight. We knew it was an important game, and they turn it into a street brawl.” Hmm, perhaps because for the second game in a row the refs kick out one of your players, this time Radulov for trying to kill Bernier from behind?

Face it, the Preds are dirty. Of course, as a Sabres fan I already know this from when Scott Nichol sucker-punched Jaro Spacek in the back of the head back in December. There is nothing likable about this team whatsoever.