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One thing was made very clear after Tuesday's Game 2 of the West finals: Jonathan Toews, Patrick Kane and Dustin Byfuglien are the best line in the playoffs right now.

So much for the theory NHL Olympians would be too tired for the postseason. The West finals feature 14 players who made the Vancouver trip, with countrymen now enemies.

Three weeks ago, I was in San Jose for a Ducks-Sharks game and remember thinking half the players on the ice might be possible Olympians. I certainly wasn't far off since the Sharks and Ducks are sending a combined 15 players from their NHL rosters,...

We're less than two weeks away from finding out who will play for Canada and the United States in the Olympics. Are players nervous? One game out west gave us our answer.