The Ottawa SenatorsThe Sens had a golden opportunity to win the cup in 2007. After beating the Pittsburgh Penguins, New Jersey Devils and Buffalo Sabres all in five games, the Senators would square off in the Cup Final against the Anaheim Ducks. It was a great time for the city of Ottawa as it was their first time being in the Cup final since 1927. Dany Heatley, Jason Spezza and Daniel Alfredsson carried the Sens throughout the playoffs, along with the goaltending of Ray Emery.The Sens could not handle the Ducks in the Cup final though, who had forwards like Corey Perry, Ryan Getzlaf and Teemu Selanne. The Ducks also had a solid shutdown line, a lethal defence duo of Chris Pronger and Scott Niedermayer, and a world class goalie in Jean-Sebastien Giguere. The Sens would lose to the Ducks in five games which would conclude their best run at the cup since the Habs won in 1993.Watch a tribute to their run here.Toronto Maple LeafsYes, the Toronto Maple Leafs have had a solid playoff run since the Habs won in 1993, and it almost got them in the Cup Final. The year was 2002 and the Leafs defeated the Islanders and the Senators in the opening rounds. They would play the Conference Final against a team that they matched up pretty well against, the Carolina Hurricanes. The Leafs had an incredible goaltender in Curtis Joseph, and classic players like Mats Sundin, Gary Roberts and Darcy Tucker. Sundin and Tucker actually missed most of the first two rounds with injuries, so when they returned in the Eastern Conference Final, most Toronto fans were predicting their team would finally play for the Cup for the first time since 1967.The Leafs seemed to run out of gas and couldnt handle the Hurricanes, who got great goaltending from Arturs Irbe, and tons of production out of forwards like Rod BrindAmour, Erik Cole, and Jeff ONeill. The Leafs would lose in dramatic fashion at home in Game 6 in overtime. Sundin tied the game with the goalie pulled before the eventual season-ending goal by the Hurricanes. Check out Sundins game-tying goal which would highlight the Leafs 2002 run.So fans, who in the East has the best shot at being the next Canadian team to win a cup? Tweet us @BarDown Air Max 97 Cheap Nz . 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The correct answer is: What did Seattle cornerback Richard Sherman ask New England quarterback Tom Brady as both exited the field after the Seahawks came back to stun the Patriots in an October 2012 regular season game?If you remember the last encounter between those two and their teams, then you already know most everything you need to ahead of their next one, on Feb. 1 outside Phoenix.The Seahawks calling card is still defence, they still delight in taunting opponents with Sherman still serving as tormenter-in-chief, and free-spirited coach Pete Carroll wouldnt change a thing — even if he could. The Patriots, on the other hand, follow Bradys lead and punish opponents with little fanfare on the other side of ball, then button up their lips for fear coach Bill Belichick will have their tongues surgically removed and sold off as spare parts.There are some similarities, to be sure. Both teams are smart, opportunistic and lethal when it matters most, in the fourth quarter. Seattle and New England ranked Nos. 1 and 2 in the NFL in point differential during the regular season, and though you wouldnt know it from the way they played Sunday against Green Bay, the Seahawks were No. 2 league-wide in fewest turnovers allowed with 14, bettered only by the Patriots 13 giveaways (tied with the Packers).But if contrasting styles make for great fights, this one could be Ali-Frazier IV.It pits the Patriots, the best team of the last decade and the only back-to-back Super Bowl winner in that span, against a young Seattle team that could cement its dominance of this decade by successfully defending the Super Bowl crown it claimed last year by levelling Peyton Manning and his previously high-flying Denver Broncos. It pits Carroll, who got fired by New England owner Robert Kraft in 1999 for being too much of a players coach, against the uber-serious guy who got his job, quickly realized what he had in Brady, and painstakingly transformed himself from a defensive mastermind into the NFL version of Gen. George Patton (We shall attack and attack until we are exhausted, and then we shall attack again.)Say this much for Carroll, though; he made good use of his time away from pro football. He always had a knack for trick plays and during a very successful run aat Southern California with a succession of talent at the skill positions, he honed his offensive chops.dddddddddddd Hes also proved adaptable enough, and remained enough of an optimist, to help develop a very good quarterback of his own in third-year star Russell Wilson.Both of those things figured in Seattles chaotic second-half comeback against the Packers on Sunday. The Seahawks got one touchdown off a fake field goal, recovered an onside kick to set up another, and added a two-point conversion after Wilson scrambled right and then threw a duck all the way over to the left corner of the end zone, over a mesmerized Packers secondary. And even though Wilson was seemingly intercepted every time he targeted Jermaine Kearse, he went right back to Kearse for the game-winner in overtime.Its kind of a microcosm of our whole season, Sherman said. It always seems like were down and out and everythings done. Were all out. Theres no way for us to turn it around. And then we find a way to turn it around.But you can bet, with two weeks to prepare, that Belichick will have devised a scheme or two to tempt and then test the limits of Wilsons experience. He did that Sunday in confounding the Colts Andrew Luck, another very good young quarterback and in between, found time to unveil a trick play or two of his own. Already ahead by 10 in the third quarter, left tackle Nate Solder reported as an eligible receiver, then rumbled off the line in time to catch a 16-yard TD from Brady.Belichick even cracked a smile — reportedly, anyway — and when Brady was asked about Solders catch afterward, he reminded everyone the Patriots had wide receiver Julian Edelman throw another scoring pass the previous week off an option play.Maybe, he added coyly, weve got more tricks up our sleeve.Lets hope so, since the Seattle team that upset them two years ago was looking for respectability and this edition has already earned it the hard way. Back then, Sherman made a point of antagonizing Brady all game long, punctuated by the You mad, bro? dig — for good measure, Sherman also tweeted a picture — when it was over.Well know the answer to that question soon enough. The guess here is still yes and that the Patriots will punctuate it with a 24-17 win in the Super Bowl when its all said and done.___Jim Litke is a national sports columnist for The Associated Press. Write to him at jlitke@ap.org and follow him at http://twitter.com/JimLitke ' ' '