Like a Catholic confession, Game 7 of the finals is a great way for any player to be forgiven of all their past sins and indiscretions; Bad penalties, indifferent play, and blown defensive coverage can all be forgiven and forgotten with a timely goal (or three) in the BIGGEST GAME OF THE YEAR!!! �.

While the focus of the media is on the usual suspects (St. Louis, Iginla, Khabibulin), it�s the guys who have done nothing who could ultimately decide the series in 7th Heaven .

Just ask Oilers fans: Who needs Mark Messier when you have Peter frickin� Klima, baby???

Here are a few quiet chaps who have a capital chance of joining Petr Klima and Randy Gregg in playoff immortality tonight.

Cup Finals stats in parenthesis

The well-paid vets:

1. Craig Conroy (6 0-1-1 +2 8 SOG)
Conroy may be great on the talk radio circuit, but he should focus more on providing offense. Despite playing over 20 minutes a game on a line with Jerome �MVP� Iginla, Conroy has only managed to pick up an accidental lone assist in the series. Hey Craig, �Less Show, More Row�.

2. Cory Stillman (5 0-0-0 Even 4SOG)
After a mirage of a great regular season, Stillman is back to his old habit of disappearing in big games. With just 6 points in 20 playoff games, it�s no small wonder why Tortarella benched Stillman for Game 5.
Stillman responded with some gusto in Game 6, but will need to actually break a sweat in Game 7 if he is to be a positive factor for the Frightning.

3. Fredrik Modin (6 1-1-2 -3)
With the Flames defense on the limp, Modin is the perfect candidate to use his size to expose the gimped-up Flames defense. While the Flamers have put big pressure on the Lightning�s D, Modin and many of the Bolts haven�t been doing the same to Calgary�s D. Modin is the type of player that should be having a greater impact in such a series.

The young whipper-snappers:

Two young guys with hidden offensive skills that could just explode in Game 7 (The resulting mess would turn the Tampa Bay ice into a raspberry Slurpee, which would make for some interesting hockey).

4. Chuck Kobasew (6 0-0-0 +1 1SOG)
Chucky Cheese didn�t break the lofty 20-point barrier in the regular season, but he�s got the past pedigree for monster offensive production. You can�t count on a guy like Kobasew to be a big point producer over the long haul (especially with just 10 minutes of ice time per game), but in a 1-game sample size, Kobasew definitely has the offensive-zone instincts to put a few points on the board. It would help greatly if he would SHOOT THE DAMN PUCK!

(PS: Note to stupid mediots: It�s not pronounced �KO-BA-SOO�)

5. Dmitry Afanasenkov (6 0 0 0 -1 7SOG)
�Skanky�, like Kobasew, was an explosive CHL scorer and had some nice numbers in the minors before cementing a regular job as Dave �Chucky� Andreychuk�s sidekick. 3 points in 22 playoff games just doesn�t cut it, and it�s not as if Dmitry doesn�t get his chances (13:28 of ice-time per game). All sins would be forgiven if he suddenly had a 4 point outing, or even just 1 damn goal.

Of course, if either Chris Dingman or Krzysztof Oliwa end up being the Game 7 hero, they could keep themselves in the NHL for another 10 years, despite the fact that they have no discernable hockey skills.