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