Any player who has been toiling in the NHL since 2000 has witnessed the peaks and valleys, the ebbs and flows, the traps and ... well, whatever that post-lockout 2005-06 anomaly was. So please forgive Daniel Sedin of the Vancouver Canucks for not realizing we're in the midst of a goal-scoring boom in hockey.
"Goals are up by a lot? Really?" asked a surprised Sedin when confronted with this season's most pleasant trend. "I did not know that."
Know this: Teams are averaging 2.95 goals per game, which is up significantly from last season overall (2.