Sharks And Blackhawks To Battle For Stanley Cup

After last nights two Eastern Conference semifinal games, i learned one thing….hand the Stanley Cup to whoever wins the Sharks/Blackhawks series. Seriously.

I didnt think many of the teams out East had a chance to beat the West when the playoffs began anyway, but the last month has just proved my point. You can say its parity. I say it’s overrated top teams who lost to lower seeds that are playing above their head.

Don’t get me wrong, the Montreal Canadiens run is fun to watch. Mike Cammalleri is sticking it to fans in western Canada who thought the kid couldnt cut it when he played for Calgary. This P.K. Subban kid on defense is fun to watch…and he’s only 20!And Jaroslav Halak has been amazing ever since the Olympics.

That said…you think San Jose or Chicago gives a crap? They have 24 titles!

Yeah, Pittsburgh has just as much firepower as anyone else and Montreal beat them, but this Penguins squad was different from last year. They just looked disinterested. Sidney Crosby didnt show up and Marc-Andre Fleury played like me in goal.

We dont have a winner yet in the Philadelphia/Boston series as of this writing, but I can you neither of these teams can hang. Hell…im picking Montreal to beat whoever wins tomorrow night. The city of Boston has had enough sucess this decade to last until 2100. Plus, not being able to close out this Philly team shows me they have no killer instinct, something you need as a championship team.

And Philly…well…they let Boston get up 3-0 on them in the first place. It will be a nice story if the pull a 2004 Red Sox, but Brian Boucher and Michael Leighton don’t scare me if I’m the Sharks or Blackhawks.

Sure…I could be wrong. Watch: Montreal will sweep Chicago and win it all. Halak is playing well enough for that to happen, but at somepoint the clock has to strike midnight and instead of playing another round of hockey, just hand the cup over to the Bay or the Windy City and hand the Conn Smythe to Joe Pavelski or Jonathan Toews.