Go Pens!
(Half my family was from Pittsburgh)
I never understood the Crosby hate. Sure, he's complained to refs in the past, but who hasn't? So many players tried to get in his head and get chippy with him during the playoffs, taking some dirty hacks at him, but he never retaliated - he just kept his cool and played it off like the leader that he is. Haters gonna hate.
And how can you dislike their storyline? Looked like they weren't going to make it to the playoffs, fired their coach, brought up, like, eight guys from the minors and made a bunch of trades to basically replace the entire team, had their #1 goalie knocked out before the end of the season with a concussion, replaced their second-string goalie with a 21-year-old rookie who played a big role in helping them win it all, and have the
unhateable, lovably awkward Phil Kessel.