2011 Stanley Cup

As of right now, the playoffs are filled with teams that have not won a Stanley Cup in a while, and some have never won it at all. The Detroit Red Wings are the most recent team still in the playoffs to have won it, claiming hockey's Holy Grail in 2008. The Chicago Blackhawks and the Pittsburgh Penguins, the two teams to have won it after Detroit, have been knocked out of the postseason in game seven, both by one goal margins. The Nashville Predators, Vancouver Canucks, Washington Capitals, and San Jose Sharks are all vying for their first championships. The Montreal Canadiens have not been atop the hockey world since the early 1990's, and the Bruins not since the 1970's. The Tampa Bay Lightning won the Cup in 2004, but with a completely different structured team, and a different coach. Anyway, there is a more than likely chance that we will see a team that has never won a championship claim the Holy Grail this June.