St. Paul, Minnesota. With the Wild winning and putting away the Avalanche for another summer, surprise Minnesota, you have earned a first round date with Jonathan Toews and the number one team overall in the league, the Chicago Blackhawks. Now, here are the keys to possibly pulling off a major upset. Stay out of the penalty box, execute your power play when you get it, and do not pussy-foot around with the puck. And this means you, Zach Parise. Be willing to muck it up along the boards, and get ready for a seven game battle. And good goaltending will always carry you toward the cup. Congratulations to the Detroit Red Wings for making their bajillionth playoff appearance in a row. So, who will skate away with the cup, you ask? It could be the Minnesota Wild, or it might be a repeat of 2010, when former UND captain Jonathan Toews led the Blackhawks to the promised land. And as for Sidney Crosby, I do not think that he will be hoisting the Cup this year, because he’s been out for a while with a broken jaw from a puck hitting him, and you have to have team unity to win a championship of any kind.
