Me Like Hockey - Arrogant Worms

I'm disappointed that Edmonton didn't win. They would have been only the 2nd team in NHL history to win the Cup with no players on their team having won before. (The other was the 1980 NY Islanders).

However: I can't be mad at Carolina for bringing it home, in the same way I couldn't be mad at Tampa Bay. Look at Rod Brind'Amour right there. That guy has been in the NHL 17 seasons, 6 of them with Carolina. That's his first Cup. Watching the video of this Canadian warrior raising the Cup and then pumping the 36.8 pound trophy while screaming out pure, wordless euphoria.

Kevyn Adams? Former Leaf, well done there. Cam Ward? Rookie goaltender who was brilliant at times and has been declared either a cyborg or a pure robot. Well done indeed. Glen Wesley? The last Hartford Whaler left to see the day and still be playing? 18 years - and he gets to raise it.

What I'm saying is simple: hockey's the greatest sport in the world, and when it comes down to it in the end, as hard as it is to see the Cup play second fiddle to Nascar, for the players on the Hurricanes, it means exactly what it should... one hell of a lot.

Well done, Carolina Hurricanes.
Edmonton, thanks for the ride.