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Ah, the reverse psychology thing. ;)

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No I'am not that deep of a thinker. My heart says Chicago but my head says Philly, and I detest philly teams especially te flyers.

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Time to go soak your head.



;) :r ;s



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You wouldn't recognize a tongue in cheek statement if it hit you in the head....LMAO!:tf

Not sure what's bugging you, but life is short....chill out :r:banger

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Less than 4 hours!


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Gawd, that pic of buff brings back some baaaad memories !! It should be a good series. I give the edge to the blackhawks, but both goalies are iffy IMHO and the one that blinks first is most likely going to cost the team the series. If both play like they have, then unfortunately, ButtUgly will be raising the cup instead of the modern day Messier (aka Richards).

Dog OUT !!!! :banger:banger

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Definite possibility that goalies will be the biggest factor...Neither with any playoff experience, both have been playing incredibly....something has gotta give. Less than an hour until that first puck drops, I am excited and nervous all at once.

If the Hawks win, maybe Big Buff can skate it past the glass at General Motors Place once....he knows the route. ;)

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Here's hoping you have to change your CUT soon, Tom.

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That's what I'm talking about!! Thanks Peter! :D

Off work in a few, took a few hours of comp time so I don't miss any action.

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I'm :confused:

Doesn't the game start soon? And you're off to work?

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My first Stanley Cup Play-offs in 14years (stateside). I am soooo pumped. Wish I could afford a ticket to a game up in Philly but at around 700 bills a seat I will sit at home and enjoy in HD. Not the same but best I can do. In any case I think this will be a memorable series and whoever wins will deserve to hoist Lord Stanley's cup.

LET'S GO HAWK'S!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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This will be interesting. I really dont think enough analysts are giving the Flyers enough respect. They have some key players that could make this series very good against a young team like the Hawks. I still think they may be able to get in their heads. Game one will really go a long way to help me decide. I think the Hawks are deeper, but Hell Philly was my dark horse in Novemeber and I like the make up of the team.

Good luck to all guys with a dog in the hunt.

Lets get it on!

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3-2 flyers at the end of the first. Looking good so far !!

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Not in my eye's but a helluva a game so far. The series is just gettin started!

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e shoots, he scores!!!!What a game. If the series contiues lik this it will be EPIC!

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Marian Hossa is looking like the Beast he should have the last 2 years.

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Is this game really happening?

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This is going to be an awesome series. :)

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Till the closing horn. Whata game. It will be a serious for sure!

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Wow really didnt like the way the last goal was scorred. The play should have been dead. The Hawks won and I am cool with that, but that game should have been OT bound. That was no where near a dominating performance and this thing could definetly go the distance. I hope we dont see any foolish statements in here, but if I was philly fan I would be a little bent that the refs blew that puck touching the player on the bench.

Things I noticed in this one were that the Flyers seemed unaffected by the Hawks speed. The counter punched well and played a good road game in the Hawks building. Both goalies were crap at times.

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I don't watch hockey much at all, but I watched most of tonight's game.

It was a great game! I will have to watch them all.

I am rooting for Chicago.

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What a crazy game. 11 goals scored tonight. That's the most I've seen in a Final series in a long, long time.

Go Hawks!

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I was getting off work. ;)

Ugly win....Hawks didn't really deserve it. Flyers outplayed them in the first 2 periods.

Both goalies were hung out to dry on most of the goals, some real shoddy defense on both ends. I look for both teams to tighten it WAY up Monday.

Toews V. Richards....Richards was better tonight.

Pronger V. Byfuglien.....Buff held pointless.

The role players came through big for both teams. Asham and Hartnell were great for Philly. Kopecky, Brouwer, Bolland and Hossa were big for the Hawks.

Gonna be quite a series, me thinks.

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Terrible D by the Hawks tonight, on one of the goals there were FIVE Hawks standing in front of the net and the puck went out to an uncovered Flyer. Need to tighten up on that D! Grateful for the win though!

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Both teams seemed to be playing sloppy. Especially the defense. And them pulling leighton was bs IMHO. But no matter what I'm still wearing my flyers jersey today.

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Leighton seemed to be fighting the puck all night and didn't seem very confident. And like Niemi, the players in front of him weren't giving him much help.

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Pierre LeBrun blog on ESPN questions whether Nik Lidstrom will be back next year. He ends that section with this:

Question for the Wings fans.......WHY??? :r :r

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What a crazy game last night...who would have guessed 11 goals? Pronger seemed to do a great job against Butthead. Unfortunately there were many lapses by other players. Hopefully Leighton can rebound as I believe the Flyers best chance is with him in net.

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Word on NHL on XM today was that they were going to go with Boucher, but you know how BS tends to fly this time of year.

Pronger and Co. shut down the whole top line for the Hawks, though I think if another referee besides McCreary was in there, Pronger would have made a couple trips to the box.

I look for Niemi to have his typical bounceback after a rough game, and give up far fewer than 5 tomorrow.

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They have to put a team together.
What scares me is now Patty is looking like he is going to test the market. The Wings are going to be desperate it looks to sign some players. Just may see some sharks with the red jersey on. To funny if D has to buy talent from SJ.

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Maybe if Marleau signs with the Wings, Berschmoozi can sign with the Sharks.:)

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I think the Sharks have enough depth to not resort to signing him.

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fantastic game. glad they are starting leighton tonight, that last goal of the game by boucher which was game winner was really soft and showed his rustiness. philly also looked a bit tired at the end.

wish carcillo was playing they need him now for two reasons. his rough and tumble style, and he could play right wing on the first line, freeing up the former 50 goal scorer Carter to play the third line. right now with carter playing the right wing they have a fantastic first line but hurts their third line. The first line of gagne-richards-carter is great but playing in chicago, keith and seabrook matched up against them every time and shut them down. hope they can break through this game.

buff should not be as much as a factor as he was against san jose, with pronger and coburn on two seperate defense pairings being able to handle him.

will be a good one either way tonight. go flyers.

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Let's Go Hawks!

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Go Hawks!

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Sounds like Carcillo is going to play tonight, and thankfully they're sitting Parent for Bartulus. About an hour 'til faceoff...just got home and will thankfully get to watch this one on my big screen!

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The first period was the best period of hockey of the finals so far, IMHO. I agree with Milbury, the call on Betts was crap.

So far, I like Carcillo's addition to the lineup, I will continue to so long as he doesn't do anything stupid. The Hawks seem to be begging the refs for calls, which I like as a Flyers fan as long as the refs call the game and not the whining.

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Ugh...what a crappy last 5 minutes of the 2nd period. First a terrible defensive play by Krajicek, then a weak goal given up by Leighton. Bartulis has looked tons better than Parent...playing like a solid 5th defenseman.

The Flyers are still doing a good job against Toews, Kane and Butthead, but they need to do a better job against Hossa...he's been the best Hawk forward (offensively), IMO. And, I have to give the Hawks defensemen credit, they are a solid group.

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Another good game by both teams...Eager comes back to bite the hand that drafted him. Better play by both goalies and both defenses. Happy the Hawks came out on top. Off to Philly to hear some Kate Smith and play some more good hockey.

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That was a great game! :banger

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Great game tonight, much better than game 1. Even though they lost, I am very happy with how the Flyers played overall. I can't wait for the series shift to Philly.

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Wachovia should be rockin', Joel. :tu

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"Byfuglien, 2 minutes for receiving from Pronger!!!...Get in da box!!!!"

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Have the flyers been called for a penalty yet? I know they commit about 1 every 2 or 3 minutes, but nothing gets called. I missed most of periods 1 and 2 tonight so maybe they actually got called for something?

Philly is Detroit this year it seems.

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Seemed to be a better game by both teams, at least defensively. That 2nd goal by Eager looked pretty weak, IDK if the goalie was screened slightly or not. The Hawks seemed to hang on for this one, I did not like their play in the 3rd.

But being up 2-0, I can't complain!

GO HAWKS!

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Great 2 games. Looks like there won't be a Hossa curse this year. He has been great for the Hawks. Let's see how it goes in Philly.

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It was actually a pretty wicked wrister that Eager put right past the D-man's foot, so I doubt Leighton got much of a look at it. Went past his ear, Eager has a better shot than people think.


:dance::wnr

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Leighton on Eager's goal: