After watching Marian Hossa's questionable goal, not for a second can anyone convince me that the people in the NHL war room were sitting there watching and saying, "Boy, we've got to make this goal count. The Blackhawks play in the NHL's third-largest market and we've got to get them into the playoffs."

Stephane Da Costa, a coveted collegiate free agent with Merrimack College, is en route to Toronto to meet his agents Monday morning. By Wednesday, he hopes to have signed with an NHL team.

Prediction: Matt Cooke is going to get hammered by the NHL. And the primary reason won't be his unbelievably dumb elbow to Ryan McDonagh's head. Or that he's a repeat offender. Or the fact he can't control himself. It's going to be because he embarrassed the Pittsburgh Penguins.