I flirted with the idea of going to Pittsburgh/Grove City if the Penguins made it into the Stanley Cup final; because Pittsburgh isn’t that far away, there are a lot of Canadian players on the Penguins, and hockey can’t be THAT popular in Pittsburgh. All this was, of course, contingent on the Penguins making the Stanley Cup finals. Well they finally made it but unfortunately I had not made any plans.

In any case, the Penguins were my one successful pick in the conference finals. I thought I had made a horrible pick of Dallas over Detroit when Detroit went out to a 3-0 lead for the second round in a row where I picked against Detroit. But the Stars made it interesting before losing 4-2. That puts my record this season at 9-5.

The finals will be pretty good I believe, the Penguins are well rested and hungry. The Red Wings are equally hungry after dropping out of the playoffs the last few years while having the best record in the league. I’ll stick with the Penguins, and hope that they contain Datsyuk, Zetterberg and Franzen. And hopefully Detroit’s beyong aging defense (Chelios is 45!) can’t stop Crosby, Malkin, and Hossa.