Game 7 baby

The Devils won their third cup and sent the Ducks flying home. I think they’re both great teams, but I was pulling for the Ducks. I was hoping to see favorites of mine like J.S. Giguere, Steve Thomas and Ruslan Salei come home with the cup. Despite being on the losing team J.S. heads home with the Conn Smythe (MVP). I don’t think anyone will forget Anaheim coming in as the #7 seed in the West and knocking out the #2 (Detroit) and #1 (Dallas) seeds in the first two rounds and the other Cinderella team, the Minnesota Wild, in the conference finals.

Highlights of the series were Martin Brodeur’s three shutouts, and Paul Kariya’s goal scoring comeback after being knocked out by a hard hit. A low for the series was ABC repeatedly cutting to J.S. Giguere crying after losing the series and the NJ fans booing Giguere when he won the Conn Smythe trophy. Did they also boo when Gary Bettman thanked both teams for playing an outstanding Stanley Cup finals?