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| What's Hot, What's Not: 2002 Stanley Cup playoffs | ||
| Category | Hot | Not |
| Sentimental favorite |  Saku Koivu |
 Roger Nielson |
| Old Ray | Ferraro | Bourque |
| Underdog | Coyotes | CuJo |
| Red Wings' fear | Young Canucks with nothing to lose |
Old legs with everything to lose |
| Argument for emptying the vault |  Red Wings |
 Capitals |
| Argument for rebuilding with more patience and prudence |  Coyotes |
 Hurricanes |
| Pool pick | Owen Nolan (Sharks) | Peter Forsberg (Avalanche) |
| Pool sleeper | Darcy Tucker (Leafs) | Chris Drury (Avalanche) |
| Unstoppable force |  Todd Bertuzzi (told ya so) |
 Brendan Shanahan |
| Executive | Wayne Gretzky | Glen Sather |
| Original Six |  Maple Leafs |
 Bruins |
| Goalie |  Jose Theodore |
 Dominik Hasek |
| Playoff beard | Goatee sans moustache | Soul patch |
| Ozzy |  The Osbournes on MTV |
 Chris Osgood on Long Island |
| Scary young club |  Canucks |
 Senators |
| Rivalry | Canadiens-Bruins | Devils-Hurricanes |
| Little guy | Doug Gilmour (Canadiens) | Cliff Ronning (Kings) |
| Late-season pickup | Joe Nieuwendyk (Devils) | Lyle Odelein (Blackhawks) |
| Region | Canada | Sun Belt |
| Money player |  Patrick Roy |
 Steve Yzerman |
| Coach | Robbie Ftorek (Bruins) | Joel Quenneville (Blues) |
| Playoff favorite disguised as a crappy seed |  Devils |
 Blackhawks |
| High-flying series | Canucks-Red Wings | Flyers-Senators |
| Goaltending duel | Patrick Roy vs. Felix Potvin |
Patrick Lalime vs. Roman Cechmanek |
| Sniper |  Glen Murray |
 John LeClair |
| Defenseman | Bryan McCabe (Leafs) | Eric Desjardins (Flyers) |
| Arena pump-up music |  The Strokes |
 Pink |
| Checker | Niklas Sundstrom (Sharks) | Tom Fitzgerald (Blackhawks) |
| Disappearing act | Alexei Yashin (Islanders) | Robert Reichel (Leafs) |
| Pest | Ian Laperriere (Kings) | Claude Lemieux (Coyotes) |
| Young gun |  Patrick Marleau |
 Joe Thornton |
| Enforcer | Donald Brashear (Flyers) | P.J. Stock (Bruins) |
| Hitter | Rob Blake (Avalanche) | Scott Stevens (Devils) |
| Line | Markus Naslund, Brendan Morrison and Todd Bertuzzi | John LeClair, Adam Oates, Mark Recchi |
| Celebrity fan |  Mike Myers |
 Kurt Russell |
| Camera angle | Over the goal | Net-cam |
| Conn Smythe front-runner |
 Martin Brodeur |
 Jason Allison |
| Swede | Markus Naslund (Canucks) | Magnus Arvedson (Senators) |
| Finn | Teppo Numminen (Coyotes) | Sami Kapanen (Hurricanes) |
| Czech | Bobby Holik (Devils) | Jiri Dopita (Flyers) |
| Cliché | "We're just squeezing our sticks too hard." |
"We're not getting the bounces." |
| Hockey wife/significant other |  Carol Alt (Alexei Yashin) |
 Anna Kournikova (Sergei Fedorov) |
| Revenge matchup we can't wait for |
Robbie Ftorek vs. Devils | Alexei Yashin vs. Senators |
| Advantage | Speed | Home-ice |
| Planets might be aligned team |  Kings |
 Islanders |
| Reason it will be a fantastic playoff year |
Every team has a legitimate shot to reach finals | Red Wings are just too powerful |
| Stanley Cup finals pick |
Sharks vs. Devils | Red Wings vs. Bruins |