jtkratzer

Like the Montreal series, this is going to be a battle of what goaltender can make the saves as both teams can get pretty nasty with the puck.

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LiAmTrAnSdEmOn

I can't wait for this series to start. I know the Pens have been on fire, but the Flyers have not been too shabby themselves. I gotta pikc my boys to take it in 7 though. Either way, it should be some great hockey.

Bless_D_Mess

Predicting that your team is going to win every series is no prediction. I said before the Ranger/penguin series that the Rangers didn't have much of a chance.


The flyers beat two mediocre teams. Washington barely made the playoffs and the Canadiens lost 7 of their last 9 playoff games and looked pitiful doing it.

Pens6615

The only thing I know for sure is that this is going to be a battle for both teams and its going to be a hell of a lot of fun for us to watch!

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Bozojones

We're in for some great Hockey in this series, no doubt about it. I hope the officials keep the whistles in their pockets for the most part, and just let these guys play.

I'm loading the fridge with Molson Canadian...that plus hockey = happiness!!!

jtkratzer

Let me get this straight, I'm going to trim out a few words and show you how stupid this statement is.

"Predicting...is no prediction."

Yep, that's what I thought.

Did I ask you about the Penguins/Rangers series? No, I don't think I did. I asked you about your prediction on the Flyers' two series.

I predicted the Flyers would win in 6 over the Caps. That is a prediction. They won in 7. They still won the series.

I expected the Montreal series to be tougher, but I didn't see any reason the Flyers couldn't win, but I expected Montreal to be better than what they ended up putting on the ice. Flyers ended up winning in 5. My prediction in the number of games it took was wrong, but I picked the correct team when it came to winning the series.

Two mediocre teams...Washington was hailed as one of the hottest teams in the league with the scoring leader. The Flyers shut that scoring leader down and held him in check. This is exactly what I meant when you said you had an uncanny ability to pick apart and criticize everything and completely fail to give credit to anyone. All you do is criticize.

Montreal, mediocre? The did win the conference, right? The did have the league's best power play, right? They did have the second best offense in the league in the regular season only 0.02 goals per game behind Detroit, right?

Yeah, just checking.


Looked pitiful? Funny how it was the press and all the "experts" who said the Canadiens were outchancing and outshooting the Flyers night in night out and just not getting the win. Funny how putting an average of over 30 shots on goal every night against the Flyers typically isn't considered pitiful.

The Flyers got past the Canadiens on two factors, well, you can roll it into one: goaltending. Biron stood on his head and the Flyers exploited Price. That's really it. The Flyers simply executed better.


I guess if the Flyers beat the Penguins it will be the Pens fault for collapsing and looking pitiful, too.

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canadiancreed

WEll now that I dont' have any teams in this mess I think I'll stop by the local Flyer fan and watch him curse and cheer like a madman while I can relax and enjoy a game. i's nice in a way to not have a vested intrest. Lord knows my stomach will like it.

And oh ya, Flyers in seven. Kill off the marketing wet dream.

BTW when was the last battle of PA?

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jtkratzer

In the playoffs, don't know, I'll have to look that up. The last 2 years of having 8 games against each divisional opponent has been gearing things up for this match up.

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jtkratzer

The last time these teams met in the playoffs was in 2000 and the Flyers won 4-2. This was the series with the epic OT game with Primeau beating Tugnutt in the longest NHL game since the 1930s.
2000 -- lost to Philadelphia, 4-2, Eastern Conf. semi-finals
1997 -- lost to Philadelphia, 4-1, Eastern Conf. quarterfinals
1989 -- lost to Philadelphia, 4-3, Patrick Division finals


They've met 3 times and the Flyers have won all three series by a combined score of 12-6.

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PensRule

This is one series that I think both teams want to get over with quick as it could be a blood bath(my prediction is Pens in 5).

I see the Flyers biggest strength being that they create so much traffic in front of the net and create one hell of a forecheck. It showed early on in the year with Philly dominating Pittsburgh winning 4 in a row. Then the Pens D started to improve and eventually with the additions of Gill and Hossa the Pens won 3 out of 4 only dropping the last game where they looked lackluster and sat Crosby.

I still think Philly will get a lot of traffic in front but I just think the Pens forwards are too fast and skillful for that Philly D. Biron will be tested this series and he is going to have to come up huge. The Pens have much better finishers than the Habs. Fleury is also playing as a top goalie so I dont think he will be letting in as many bad goals as Price did.