Ready for a good finish

Who do I want to win the Stanley Cup? I get so torn when I think about it, but you know that this is going to be a good battle as we head to the finish. The Oilers have fought with everything they have to make it to this point. Carolina is one of the few teams that have lived up to the talk and worked hard all season to be the success that they’ve been.

Putting all stats and history aside, I still go back and forth about who to really cheer for. The fact that the Hurricanes used to be the team once known as the Hartford Whalers[wiki] makes me want them to take it in a very Jason Lee from Mallrats[imdb] sort of way. The other part of me loves the fact that Ryan Smith of the Oilers wants the cup so bad that losing three teeth couldn’t keep him out of the same match he setup the game winning goal to against San Jose. There’s the idea of wanting a Canadian team to take the cup, and the fact that I’m drawn to goalies makes me very impressed with Ward’s perfomance in the net for the Canes.

I don’t know. I’m sure once things get underway tonight, I’ll start to dig in on one side. Rebecca tells me that as a Canucks fan, one shouldn’t cheer for Edmonton, but I don’t have that life long history of a grudge against them, or whatever reason it is that I’m missing that tells myself that I shouldn’t be pulling for the Oilers. I can say that about Calgary, but I digress. I think take my enjoyment of sports at too much of a leisure for some. Just give me a good series that can hold me over until this fall.