Cup Craze 2009, Now Open For Madness

After a weekend featuring back-to-back shootout games to two different teams not even in the playoff picture, Anaheim now knows to gear up for a war against their Northern nemesis, the San Jose Sharks.Friday night, the Ducks put on a show for their home crowd that was nearly ruined thanks to a late goal by Dallas. Fans were already on their feet with two minutes left in the game, celebrating their impending seventh playoff berth, their fourth consecutive playoff appearance, when (gasp) Dallas put one behind Jonas Hiller to even out the game at 3 all. What. the. heck. All around the arena, fans reclaimed their seats and watched in relative irritated silence as the Ducks delayed their celebration until the shootout, where Teemu Selanne eventually potted one over Marty Turco's double-stacked pads on a stop-and-shoot goal that I'm not even sure is technically allowed, but it apparently counted, so... doesn't really matter, eh?As for Saturday night's contest against the d...