Here's all you need to know about the NHL playoffs.(Brief Article)

At this time of year, it's often hard to keep track of the winners and losers, the haves and have-nots, the goons and the goners. So, in the name of simplification, here are the main stories collected so far in what has been one heck of a wild playoffs.

* Crowning achievement. If there's a better story than the Kings have written in these playoffs, it's still in rewrite. This is a club made up of more castoffs than a garage sale. Chief among them is Felix "The Cat" Potvin, who is in his fourth life and making the most of it. Out of the bright spotlight of Vancouver, Potvin has emerged as a solid reason the Kings made it to the second season. (Just don't look at his save percentage.)

Adam Deadmarsh and Aaron Miller can't be forgotten, either. Brought over in the Rob Blake deal, this duo has turned the Kings into a club with depth and character. Two months ago, anyone would have said the Kings would be working on their tans by now. Instead, with Deadmarsh, Miller, Potvin and all the Kings' men, they're working on their playoff beards. If the Kings somehow make it to the Cup final, it would be a Hollywood ending.

* Maple Leafs forever. Speaking of hyped endings, can you imagine the bedlam that would ensue if the Maple Lea[s make it to the Stanley Cup final, never mind win hockey's holy grail? It would be the biggest thing to hit Toronto since electricity. Fans who have chanted "1967"--the last year the team won the Cup--are going gaga with the mere thought the Leafs might win their second-round matchup against the Devils.

"It would be unbelievable," former Maple Leafs captain Darryl Sittler, now part of marketing and community relations for the team, says. "It's something the fans have been waiting for for a long, long time. Most fans who are 20 years old or 30 years old weren't around when the Leafs won the Cup, so they don't know what it's like.

"It would be fun. I'd like to be around to see it."

The way Curtis Joseph has been playing, Sittler might see it sooner than later.