BOSTON — You can count defenseman Dennis Seidenberg among those unsure how to celebrate with the Stanley Cup once he gets his hands on it for his allotted day this summer.
The Bruins blueliner has ties both to his native Germany and areas of the U.S. that he’d like to celebrate with.
“I’m really torn,” he said. “A lot of people in Germany expect me to bring it home. But I haven’t been home for five years and I kind of don’t want to travel. I want to relax and stay in one spot for now. The other thing would be Jersey, where my wife is from. We’ve spent summers there the last seven, eight years.”
According to German journalist Heiko Oldoerp. Uwe Krupp, the first German to ever win the Cup, didn’t bring it back to Germany back in 1996. So Seidenberg would be the first to do that. A party with the Cup might also earn Seidenberg some measure of notoriety, considering that — as Oldoerp explained — Germany doesn’t get NHL games on television, so if Seidenberg walked down the street back home he’d hardly be recognized.
“I don’t really care too much if I get recognized or not,” said Seidenberg. “That doesn’t really bother me. I know what we did here and that’s all that matters.”
Hey! I think a lot of Germans know about the stanley cup and followed it online. Friends of mine got up in the middle of the night to watch the bruins games! I hope Seidenberg is bringing the cup back home to Germany!
i hope dennis will bring the cup to germany! he needs 2 days with the cup, one in germany and the other in the u.s.
with marco it´s very bad…
If Sturm was in the line-up instead of Seguin. Boston would not of gotten past Tampa.
He was claimed on waivers, by Washington.
Not so sure. When Bergeron went down, I could have seen Julien going with the vet-Sturm-especially one with a proven ability to score over Seguin. And I think Sturm definitely would have stayed in the mix as well after Horton’s injury.
So, had Sturm stayed here, I could have seen his name on the cup-although a part of me thinks he possibly could have been claimed on waivers.
He would not have his name on the cup in all likelihood…
just think if marco had swallowed his pride and hung out in providence for awhile.