First things first: Had what every living soul wanted to happen actually occurred Wednesday night, had Marc-Andre Fleury skated to center ice and met his goalie counterpart in David Rittich for an all-out brawl, it would have been the greatest moment in hockey history, or at least since that brown-nosing Mike Eruzione kid told Kurt Russell that he played for the United States of America.
Fleury: The Golden Bomber.
Again, again, again, is right.
If there is no such thing as playoff hockey, a close second might be the sort of playoff atmosphere in March that the Knights and Flames offered before a raucous 18,422 at T-Mobile Arena.