Who will win the Stanley Cup? Ducks in seven Jean-Sebastien Giguere and the Ducks will finish their Cinderella story in style. Jeff Gross/Getty Images/NHLI By Jacob Luft It hasn't been this hard to pick a team to root for since the Mets-Yankees Subway Series. On the one side, you have the team that has been perfecting boring hockey for a decade. I'm still trying to figure out who the Devils' fans are. (Like many of you have, I've met dozens and dozens of people from New Jersey, and NOT A SINGLE ONE is a Devils fan.) The state is one giant suburb of New York and Philadelphia, and you know Flyers fans aren't rooting for the Devils. They are probably Rangers followers thirsting for postseason hockey. Facing the Kings of Boredom will be the Mighty Ducks, representatives of the Evil Empire known as Disney. I don't know about you, but I don't want any place that charges $5 for a can of soda, $10 for a burger and a three-hour line for Space Mountain winning a Stanley Cup. At least last year's winners, Little Caesars, provides an affordable product (Pizza! Pizza!). The Ducks players are likeable enough. That will reduce the sting of the inevitable: For the second straight year, Disney will haul in a major pro sports title (see Angels, Anaheim, 2002). Most people still see the Ducks as a Cinderella story. What will it take to make you believe in this team? They made a mockery of the West, going 8-2 against loaded favorites Detroit and Dallas, then flattening an excellent Minnesota club like a fly on their windshield. Giguere has gotten all the hype, but this team has a ton of talent with guys like Steve Rucchin, Paul Kariya, Sandis Ozolinsh, Adam Oates, Petr Sykora and a resurrected Rob Niedermayer. Cue the Imperial Battle Theme. Much like in Empire Strikes Back, this round is going to the bad guys. Devils in six Scott Stevens and Martin Brodeur will hoist the Cup for a third time. Dave Sandford/Getty Images/NHLI By Jon A. Dolezar New Jersey is about to make Mighty Ducks 4: How the Hell Did This Team Make It This Far? the saddest Disney ending since Old Yeller. They may not win with style points, but the Devils are all about the bottom line. After all, style points -- or cute, feathered mascots -- don't win Stanley Cups. Heart, grit and determination do, and New Jersey has plenty of each of those characteristics. The Ducks have rolled through the Red Wings, Stars and Wild in a total of 14 games, but none of those teams has a netminder anywhere near as good as Martin Brodeur. J.S. Giguere has been exceptional in the playoffs, but Brodeur has a sub-2.00 goals-against average for the seventh time in 10 postseason appearances. But Brodeur isn't even the main reason the Devils will triumph over the Ducks. New Jersey's exceptional balance and total team commitment to defense will show itself in what is sure to be a hard-fought, low-scoring series. Pat Burns has tweaked his lines several times in the playoffs, but seems to have settled on some winning combinations. The Jay Pandolfo-John Madden-Jamie Langenbrunner line is a superb mix of scoring and checking ability and has been perhaps the most impressive all-around line. The Ducks were the best faceoff team in the regular season, but the Devils are excellent on draws, as well. Both Madden and Joe Nieuwendyk are exceptional in the faceoff circle, so New Jersey will be able to neutralize what has been one of Anaheim's prime advantages in the playoffs. The Ducks just don't match up well with the Devils when you look at their rosters top to bottom. So for the third time in the past nine seasons, the Stanley Cup will reside off Exit 16W of the New Jersey Turnpike.