While nobody from these parts declared any love for them Detroit boys over the past weeks it's hard to argue that they didn't deserve the win. You'll get no argument either that the trap defense style can be boring to watch but, damn, those characters do it well. It's probably worth noting too that the Wings should get some praise for enduring the shedding of the old guard and coach and maintaining through a great farm system a clear dominance.

...and at least it wasn't the Leafs.