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b_b  ·  4654 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Which team should riemannman root for?
What a great question. Crosby is on Pittsburgh, but you're thinking Penguins; the Pirates are their baseball team. They definitely have a good chance of winning. They have the two best forwards in the playoffs. thenewgreen and I are both huge Red Wings fans (sounds_sound, have they turned you into a 'Nucks fan up there?), and they also have a really solid shot at winning. The others I would give a chance to are the Vancouver Canucks, St. Louis Blues and Nashville Predators.

Personally, if I didn't have a strong rooting interest in the Wings (being a life long Detroiter), I would probably throw my support behind Nashville. They are a pretty young team, and have never won. However, they have a lot of grit and two awesome defensemen (Ryan Suter and Shea Weber), who are fan favorites and do everything right. They have a lot to like, especially good coaching, defense and goaltending, all of which wins championships. They've been unsuccessful in the last, because they lacked good forwards, but they upgraded a lot this year.

Anyway, if you want to try to choose the likeliest winner, I would probably say Vancouver or Pittsburgh, but if you want to root for a good squad I would go Nashville. But, if you want to root for beautiful hockey, then support the wings, who have the greatest artist currently playing.