Can we go cup crazy without the NHL?

I've read some interesting websites, which suggest that the Stanley Cup is really the property of the Trustees of the cup and not the NHL. Why does this matter? Because if the Trustees want to they could award the cup to a non-NHL team as was done for the first couple of years of the cup. Click here for story. Click here for another.

The possibilities are interesting. Perhaps a great tournament with the winner of various minor leagues fighting for the cup. Or give it to the winners of the top minor league the AHL. Which might mean that Chicago could win it with the Wolves, who won the Calder Cup in 2003. I like this option because it makes Bill Wirtz look like the cheap and inept bastard he is.