The playoffs are more fun to watch when your favourite team isn't in it, because you don't constantly feel like you're dying. That's what I've been telling myself.

Staying up late to watch Rinne looking for the puck in his pads (and well, an awesome OT) was so, so worth it.

Leafs Links

Marlies sign Storm goalie Justin Nichols to ATO - PPP

Rob Ford wants Iron Mike to be next Maple Leafs head coach - The Leafs Nation

Sparks, Solar Bears turn series tide in 5-2 win - PPP

Game Recaps

Raw Charge

Winging it in Motown

Japer's Rink

Lighthouse Hockey

Nucks Misconduct

Matchsticks and Gasoline

Second City Hockey

On the Forecheck

Other Links
Zdeno Chara played the last three games of the season on a broken ankle - Stanley Cup of Chower

Blues are playing for trust of St. Louis sports fans - St. Louis Game Time

And for Jon Hamm.

Former KHL coach dies in car accident after attending another KHL coach's funeral - The Hockey News

Burrows suffers broken rib at practice - Sportsnet

Jim Rutherford out as Pens GM when season ends - Pensburgh

NHL bans media from using Periscope, Meerkat to subvert rights-holders - Puck Daddy

Sabres reportedly signing former Eichel teammate Evan Rodrigues - Die by the Blade

Buffalo... [Evan Rodrigues is] comin' for ya!

Details on Jarret Stoll drug case emerge in arrest report - Puck Daddy

D.J. Tanner is not impressed.