During a stormy night in South Jersey, former Flyer Rod Brind'amour lead his Caroilna Hurricanes to the Stanley Cup finals. This will be only the 2nd visit to the finals in the franchise history. The team formerly known as the Hartford Whalers also has former Flyers Mark Recchi and Justin Williams(who added the empty net goal in game 7) on the roster.
Maybe this was the NHL's dream matchup of the small market teams in the finals. Proving in the post-lock out world anyone can compete. However, it's fairly clear the NHL will see the lowest ratings in the history of their games for the cup finals by far. Given the fact that one team plays in another country and the other is lost in NASCAR and college hoops land.
At any rate the hard working Hurricanes deserve all the credit in the world. They game back from 2-0 in the first round and came from behind in many of their games. It's clear Brindy wants his first cup and this might be his last shot at it.
The Edmonton Oliers on the other hand should be renamed the Edmonton Spoilers, because the ousted a bunch of teams no one thought they could including the Red Wings in the first round. They barely needed to break a sweat to swat off the not so mighty Ducks.
Despite the Oiler's underdog story, the Hurricanes are just an awesome team and can't be beat. The Hurricanes should win easily in 5 games and make it short cup finals.
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