Who'll be the 2007 NHL Stanley Cup champions? Sorry Senators but Ducks are halfway there...

After it looked like the Ottawa Senators are in for a Cinderella ending to the NHL season, they had to face the Ducks.

When it looked like the Ottawa Senators will finally break that ''loser'' tag they have been carrying all these years, when it looked like the Ottawa Senators are destined to have a fitting end to what has been an unbelievable season, when it looked like the Ottawa Senators will finally bring the Stanley Cup back home to Canada, they fell 0-2 to the Anaheim Mighty Ducks.

Well, I guess the Senators can look at it this way, the Ducks just held serve. Of course, being down 0-2, what more can you say OTHER than that bullshit?

Back in Game 1, the Ottawa Senators DID looked like that Cinderella team destined for greatness in the 2007 NHL Stanley Cup finals. Well, at least in the first two sessions anyway.

They started Game 1 with a blistering power play goal from Mike Fisher and although the Anaheim Ducks answered to even things up in the first period, the Senators countered with yet another power play goal this time from Wade Redden.

Then, it's in the final period when things didn't go the Senators' way. After leading 2-1 going to the third and final period of Game 1, they let the Ducks score two unanswered goals, one from Ryan Betzlaf and another from Travis Moen that gave Anaheim the lead and ultimately, the win. The Senators had them but they just can't keep the Ducks down.

In Game 2, the Ottawa Senators we saw then was the same Ottawa Senators bathed in failure. Heck, the Senators just can't score any goals. I don't know if it's because of Anaheim Ducks goalie Jean-Sebastien Giguere's greatness that game or Ottawa's stupidity. Judging by the way Game 2 was played, I guess it was the latter.

Game 3 is on Saturday with the Anaheim Ducks holding the 2-0 series lead over the Ottawa Senators. The Senators need this game bad if they want to bring the Stanley Cup back home to Canada. If they lose this one, Stanley will be singing quack.

Can the Ottawa Senators win Game 3 and cut the Anaheim Ducks lead to 2-1 in the 2007 Stanley Cup finals? Who will win the 2007 NHL Stanley Cup? Bodog has the odds.

Anaheim Mighty Ducks 8/5

Ottawa Senators 3/2

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