If you're not ready for the toughest tournament in sports, Page 2 is here again to provide our declarations about what's hot and what's not before the Stanley Cup playoffs begin.

Whether you're picking players for your hockey pool or just searching for that clever icebreaker, then look no further than our list below. It's a long ride, so stock up on tape, bandages, chips and Molsons as 16 teams search for 16 wins between now and June.

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

Jim Wilkie is an editor for Page 2.