Oh no! I've gone cross-eyed!

I've come up with a wonky point system for choosing which team that should be rooted for in the Stanley Cup finals.

Vancouver is awarded one point for being a Canadian team and Boston is awarded two points for being an Original Six team.

Vancouver gets one point for having a Swedish Captain while Boston gets zero for lack of Swedish Captain.

Vancouver collects one point for having had current Red Wing Todd Bertuzzi on their roster in years past and Boston collects one point as well for Brad Stuart.

Vancouver collects one point for having former Red Wing Mikael Samuelsson on the roster while Boston gets zip for number of former Red Wings.

The Red Wings are filled with Swedes so the number of Swedes on a roster matters. Vancouver collects five points for their Swede collection while Boston fails to collect a point or Swede.

The Red Wings lost a great American player on their roster so in honor of Rafalski the number of Americans is a factor. Vancouver obtains six points and Boston gets on the board with four.

Seeing that most of us are from Michigan, our fellow Michiganders count too. Boston is awarded four points (two for each Michigander) and Vancouver collects two points for Livonia native Ryan Kesler.

Two extra credit points are awarded to both teams for having former Detroit Vipers players Sami Salo and Tim Thomas on their rosters.

Vancouver is docked three points for Robert Luongo.

Boston is docked three points because Chara scares me.

Vancouver is docked two points for having someone on their roster who's name is too close to Janik.

Boston is docked two points for having an in with the officials... er... I mean... Gregory Campbell on the roster.


Illogical as it may be, Once it all shakes out, It looks like we should be rooting for the Vancouver Canucks to win the 2011 Stanley Cup.