"worst goalie ever to win the Stanley Cup" is now the worst goalie ever to win two Stanley Cups*

What's amazing is that he wasn't even the starting goalie at the beginning of the playoffs, despite being an All Star. That save he made as time expired was amazing.



There's some great stories that came out of this. Dallas Drake was playing in his first finals, he's 36. Another old man, Darren McCarty, was sitting around his house, broke and depressed, at the beginning of the season. Lidstrom is the first European Captain to lead his team to the Cup, six years after being the first Euro to win the Conn Smythe trophy for Playoff MVP. Another Euro won that this year in Henrik Zetterberg, who I would argue is the most complete forward in the NHL. He helped kill TWO 5-3 penalties in the series while breaking the single season franchise record for points scored in the playoffs. The Red Wings are the best Sports Franchise in America. They've been in the playoffs since I've been in Kindergarten. You can say what you want about the Yankees, but the Wings have developed better players and went from being a heavy-spending juggernaut to an organization that develops awesome players that play an amazing system. Darren McCarty, and Dallas Drake (who were signed as free agents), 9 of their 13 forwards who skated in this series came up in the organization. Also notable: they acquired Kris Draper for a dollar from the Winnipeg Jets. He won 15 of the 18 face offs he took tonight. DECENT.

*There is a 98.44% chance that this might be a facetious statement.

On a side note. This is interesting:

In sports that I somewhat care about:
My favorite NFL team: New York Giants (only because they have Eli Manning)
Super Bowl Champion: New York Giants

My favorite NHL team: Detroit Red Wings
Stanley Cup Champ: See above

Favorite MLB Team: The Chicago Cubs
World Series Champ: To be determined...
It might be, it could be... what a year if that happened.

Don't talk to me about College Football. Michigan is learning a new offensive system without a QB that fits the system. They lost a huge chunk of their offensive line, including one dick who defected to Ohio State because the new coaching staff cusses at him... and their top two receivers left early for the draft. They will be lucky to make it to a bowl game. Hell, they might even lose to Michigan State.

and a side-note to Tiger Woods, who said that nobody cares about Hockey anymore: at least Hockey is a real sport, you overpaid twit..