Carlo Ancelotti and Spalletti's future

Ancelotti and Spalletti are most likely done with their current clubs, AC Milan and Roma. Well Ancelotti is done with AC Milan, making it official that he is leaving the club after todays win vs Florence. Ancelotti is rumored to go to Chelsea  and Spalletti to Juve and Milan. I would not be surprised if the two just swapped places, putting the footballing world on its head.

Ancelotti played 8 years at AS Roma, and has said many times that he would love to manage Roma.(http://www.insideworldsoccer.com/2009/04/ancelotti-reveals-roma-wish.html)

Spalletti would be a great fit or either Juve or AC Milan but with Milan he would have a very attack team already in place that would be better to adapt to his very free flowing style. 

An even bigger long shot has be Spalletti ending up at Chelsea, which was rumor last summer because of his attacking style. 

Where every these managers end up, they are sure to make their future clubs better.

Quick Thoughts on game 1

Dirty play and "lucky bounces" 

Crosby came out after the game and told reporters that he hit Maltby with a two hander to hist foot after the game. Again we see dirty play from the so call golden boy of the NHL. Critics say that Pitt is better then last year, they have more experience and maturity then last year, well obviously not. After a game, slashing another player is not maturity, neither is Matthew Cooke's run at Holmstrom head after the whistle during a powerplay( an event that all the announcers on NBC thought was going to result in a penalty but did not). If this is the maturity and experience the Pittsburgh Penguins show all series, they will have trouble winning a game, let alone the whole thing.

Yes, the Wings first goal was a bit lucky, but Stuart would have never had the chance to throw the puck at net if Hal Gill had clear the puck properly.

And for the Wings second goal, Zetterberg threw it off the boards and Franzen got control of it and bounced it off Fleury and into the net.  Lets recognize great skill and a heads up play. In game one of the Chicago series, a Blackhawk threw it in front of the net hitting off Ericsson's skate and into the net, that was not lucky, but great skill. 

The world of hockey fans just need to take a step back, breath deep, and not just see it if Crosby does not win its just the luck of the other team and recognize the great skill the Wings showed in game one.

Round 2( whatever I don't feel like being unique)

I would like to congratulate both the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Detroit Red Wings for making the Stanley Cup Finals for consecutive years.

But lets get down to business 

Detroit and Pittsburgh took very similar roads to the Finals

Pitt: 4-2 Phi, 4-3 Was, 4-0 Car

Det: 4-0 Cbl, 4-3 Ana, 4-1 Chi

There are reasons why both teams have the upper hand 

Detroit played less games and when they did lose, they lost by a lesser margin then.

Detroit lost 4 games and lost by one goal each game.

Pitt. lost 5 games,two Philly to by 3, one being shut out.

Detroit has fared better in its game the Pitt, never losing by more then one goal, and never getting shut out in a game.

But the reason Pitt has the upper hand is their bad losses and bad play came early, and they are now rolling 

Goaltending

While some may dismiss this argument, and just say Osgood,(experience, 3 cups, etc) I feel that the Goalies are equal. While Osgoods numbers are better( 2.06 GAA and .943 save % to Fleury's 2.62 and .906) I do not think this tells the whole story. Osgood has better numbers but has had to do less work then Fleury and has a better Defense. Fleury has had to come up with some amazing saves(Game seven 3 mins in vs Ove), saves that Osgood really has not had to made till game 5 in Chi series.  So why Osgood maybe the better goalie overall, Fleury's big save ability leaves this match up at a draw.

Defense (courtesy of yahoo

PITT Brooks Orpik Sergei Gonchar Rob Scuderi Mark Eaton Philippe Boucher Kris Letang DET Enough said, Detroit wins the Battle of D Brian Rafalski Nicklas Lidstrom Brad Stuart Niklas Kronwall Jonathan Ericsson Brett Lebda Fowards Now it gets interesting   Crosby-28 Fraznen-19 Malkin-28 Zetterberg-18 Guerin- 12 Cleary-14 Gonchar-12 Filpppula-13 Kuntiz-12 Lidstrom- 13 Its very hard to separate these teams forward. I know that some people out there may call me crazy" crosby is the best player, Malkin is up for the MVP, Datsyuk isn't playing well if at all,  Crosby is the second coming!" and so on and so on. Crosby is a good player but not even the best on his team, and while Malkin is a very good player, he also is a great magician and can completely disappear from a series( like he did earlier in the playoffs) But in saying that, Crosby and Malkin are amazing players and are in the top 5 of best players in the NHL.  With Detroit, in the big moments, where are the superstars? Helm, Cleary and Samuelsson scoring the big goals? This will simply not do if they want to win the Cup. While Hossa and Franzen have had some big goals in games, they seem few and far between. But at the same time this is a plus, the depth that the wings are showing is amazing, being able to make the finals with out there big names players carrying the team is great. Like Lebron and Kobe, you can only hold superstars in check for so long. Coaching Mike Babcock  vs Dan Byslma Man this is even more lopsided then the Defense match up, Mike Babcock and his third trip to the Finals and Byslma is a rookie head coach. Enough said Taking all this into consideration  Goaltending-push Defense-  Detroit Fowards- push Coaching- Detroit There are points in sports history when one team will just dominate a sport, The Wings will win it this year, second in a row, solidifying the argument that they are a Dynasty  Wings in 6