i can't believe i didn't think about this sooner

straight up: the pittsburgh penguins and the detroit redwings are the two teams in this year's stanley cup finals.

think about what that means. the two teams that were talked about most actually made it. like, the biggest superstars are going head to head. it's sidney crosby and evgeni malkin and henrik zetterberg and pavol datsyuk and nicklas lidstrom in the same series. considering the complaints regarding the lack of interest in last year's finals due to less famous, smaller-market teams (anaheim, ottawa), i don't think they could have asked for two more high profile teams. and i think they're gonna deliver. i think these finals are gonna be insanely exciting.

the two have followed fairly similar trajectories on their way to the finals. both teams faced a lame duck opponent that yielded an easy sweep: pittsburgh against ottawa and detroit against colorado. although i think pittsburgh had an easier time with the other two than detroit did. but i think the stars (and perhaps the preds) are better teams than what pittsburgh had to face in the rangers and the flyers. it's kind of hard to compare the different conferences, but i really think the west is stronger. anyhow, we'll see soon enough. let's hope the wings' old farts aren't too worn out to do this thing. let's hope they get johan franzen back.

i'm so excited about saturday!!!