And then there was one....

Vancouver lost in five games to the ducks the other night, killing any hope of one of the interesting teams from the west ending up in the finals. This also means that the only Canadian team left in the 2007 playoffs is the Ottawa Senators. Great. One semi-final appearance in the last ten years even though they have been more than competitive in that span of time during the regular season. This team is full of chronic playoff under-achievers. Not to mention some players I just don't have that much regard for at any time such as Dany Heatley, Mike Comrie and Daniel Alfredsson. These just aren't the type of players that I (or their teammates) can rally around.

This begs the question, "Who's left?" Well, from what I've seen to this point, I have to go with the Buffalo Sabres. It would be the feel good sports story of the last couple of years. You know, the stuff they can make those cheezy sports movies from. Down-trodden and shrinking upstate New York city gets an emotional boost from a major sports team win after years of defeats on and off the ice or field (lets not forget all those Bills losses in the 90's). It would be a warm and fuzzy ending.

Ottawa versus Brodeur

So after an extremely controversial game three, the Devils and Senators face off again tonight to see if the Brodeur and his teammates can even up the series. It seems likely that Brodeur will be on his game tonight (he'll be steamin' mad over the non-call on the push that caused the deciding goal in the last game) and not withstanding another oversight by the officials, Ottawa will again have to elevate their game to take stranglehold 3-1 lead on the series going back to New Jersey. Here's hoping the guys in front of Brodeur are just as good as he is bound to be.