The SB Nation Wings blog is deader than the team was pre-Yzerman, and I've been hanging out at previous opponents' blogs for earlier series, so I thought I'd do the same for the Cup.

I figure I can live up to the agreement I just checked, to keep it clean, whatnot. Haven't seen too many of your predictions yet, they're probably buried under all the "new look!" notices.

Me, the whole postseason I've been pessimistic about the Red Wings' chances, partly due to years of expecting them to win only to see them fall short. This year, I figured they'd lose to San Jose and maybe Anaheim again, only to those teams knocked out in preceding rounds. I figured they'd win against Dallas, since Turco hasn't been any good in the state Michigan since he graduated from the University of Michigan after carrying us (I'm a UM grad from that time frame) to two NCAA championships.

But then, in the Stanley Cup finals, the Wings are matched up against the only Eastern Conference team I feared, your militant Pengweeners (cookie for any who knows the reference). So once again, I'm pessimistic, thinking your kids will run circles around our veterans, and you'll steal a single game in Detroit to take the cup in six.

Here's hoping I'm wrong again!

Looking forward to interacting over the next couple of weeks....