Who’s going to win the Stanley Cup?

Here it is:

The Hurricanes are going to win.

BUT!

I don’t care.  I have a lot of reasons to want both of these teams to win, so while I expect Carolina is the better team right now, I am not going to specifically cheer for either team to win or lose.  I’m just going to sit back and enjoy the series.

Both teams have played like mad in the post season.  Both teams are strong on both sides of the ice.  Both teams have goalies who by all rights should be bench warmers this time of year but are standing on their heads every night.  Both teams have major ties to New England Hockey (which is usually the deciding factor for me in a situation like this).

I really can’t route against Sergei Samsonov (former Bruin) or Dwayne Roloson (who played for the University of Lowell when I was a music student there) but I also can’t route against Cam Ward, Mike Commodore, or Eric Staal (all of whom were Lowell Lock Monsters last year when the team had it’s most successful season ever).

So as I must pick someone to win I will pick Carolina, but I will watch the series in the hopes of seeing two great teams play great hockey and be happy for whichever team ends up etched onto the cup.

Go Whale
Go Oil