BY: RussCohen

I’ve been covering this game for a while and in no other sport do I see players “paying the price” to win a championship just to drink out of Lord Stanley’s Cup (Eric Staal taking a drink back in 2006, photo by del Tufo). Every year players are giving themselves up and their teammates are there to pick them up. When I saw Brian Boucher go down it was terribly sad. He had done such a great job up to that point. Michael Leighton is now the man once again in Philadelphia and somehow this team is still alive in their quest for the Cup. Boston will get a third chance to close out the series Wednesday night.

The NHL has plenty of parody and these playoffs have been the most unpredictable in recent memory. So much so that television ratings are really soaring right now and the Conference Finals haven’t even started. In some series they are reaching pre-lockout numbers.


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