The Finals: Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Detroit Red Wings
The Prize: Right to call yourselves Holders of the Stanley Cup for a year.
The Heart: Gotta go with my namesake. Sidney Crosby is the reason people are tuning into hockey again (along with the Great 8) and nothing is cooler than having him captain his team to victory in the Finals. The franchise, a few years ago almost dead and buried, has regained the pride they had in the early nineties with Jaromir Jagr and Mario Lemieux. Sidney could become the youngest captain ever to win the Stanley Cup. I wanna see that happen.
Penguins.
The Head: The Red Wings are winners of the President's Trophy for four of the last six seasons, and this season is the first time in a long while that they managed to hold their regular season form throughout the playoffs. Henrik Zetterberg and Pavel Datsyuk are savvy hockey players entering the prime of their careers, Chris Osgood is acting and playing fantastic, even supplanting Dominic Hasek. Yes, the Red Wings got exposed for short stretches against the Nashville Predators and the Dallas Stars, but they pulled together long enough to make the difference. The Penguins I think had it too easy in the Eastern Conference playoffs, with the Flyers, Rangers and Senators making too many mistakes and not mustering up enough punch to counter Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and Marian Hossa. The Red Wings will be an opponent on a different scale, one Pittsburgh hasn't faced this post-season.
Red Wings.
The Gut: The last few years the team I felt for was the team that got killed in the playoffs. So I'm going to rationalize my choice here, and pick the Red Wings. I feel Detroit as a team is more mature and is ready to see the series through to the end. Sidney will have more chances to win the Cup, although one Alexander Ovechkin may have something to say about that in the coming years.
Detroit in six.
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sidney crosby is much of a bigshot. one of the nova scotian went to see him play and after the game the little boy wanted his autograph but he refused to sign his name, but lucky for the kid marc andre fluery was there to sign it and get a picture together with the boy. your the man marc andre
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