In the year of Caligula winning the White House and Cupcake becoming a Warrior, the Stanley Cup Playoffs have been my savior. True, my Boston Bruins were eliminated in the first round by the Ottawa Senators, but my second favorite team, the Pittsburgh Penguins, have made my spring bearable given their run to the Stanley Cup Finals to defend their championship.
It was another iconic Game 7 for the Pens as it took a second overtime and a fluttering waffle wrist shot by Chris Kunitz from the top of the slot to get Pittsburgh past the Ottawa Senators in a double overtime 3-2 thriller.
Meanwhile, Cupcake and Dray are chilling in Oakland as their Warriors are 12-0 in the NBA Playoffs while winning their games by an average of 16 points per game. Yawn. Hope people have been watching. Hope Jerry West finds this compelling.
Pittsburgh, by contrast, had a tough first round against Columbus, was pushed to the brink in another Game 7 against the Washington Capitals, and the series versus the Sens was a bloodbath. Pittsburgh has the most formidable one-two punch in the league in Crosby and Malkin. I guess as hockey fans we should just be grateful Mario Lemieux didn’t sign Ovechkin away from the Capitals this past July.
So we have Nashville vs. Pittsburgh in what should be a great Stanley Cup Finals. The Preds have the hottest goalie in Pecca Rennie and the hottest scorer in Forsburgh. Should be a compelling Finals as I contemplate my move to becoming Canadian and getting away from this piece of junk Caligula.