(5) Philadelphia Flyers vs (4) Pittsburgh Penguins Round 1: There will be blood

[Darkstone42]

Guys.

There's no need to poke fun at the Capitals, when we have a much better option in the Sharks.

 

[Winged_Wheel88]

So...um...what's Fleury's save percentage in this series?

 

[JMlion71]

This one feels good, but it's not time to break out the champagne yet.

 

[sbb122]

I really hope this series has spelled the end of Martin and Orpik's careers as Penguins. Congrats to the Flyers.

 

[thedddd]

Scary to think if one team actually played strong defense in this series for 60 minutes. Like I said before the series whoever wins this will win the cup. If either team gets that together with their offense I don't see any team stopping them. Right now it is the Flyers.

No excuse for the Penguins.

 

[thedddd]

I really hope this series has spelled the end of Martin and Orpik Penguins careers. Congrats to the Flyers.

Only if a team willing to take them on forgets these two games! Maybe when Shero showcases them he skips over these parts.

 

[PhillyPhaithful48]

FUCK YEAAAAAA

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[Darkstone42]

Scary to think if one team actually played strong defense in this series for 60 minutes. Like I said before the series whoever wins this will win the cup. If either team gets that together with their offense I don't see any team stopping them. Right now it is the Flyers.

No excuse for the Penguins.

The Penguins only need to make two adjustments:

1. Stop letting guys get behind the defense in the neutral zone.

2. Stop letting guys sneak in right next to Fleury.

Both can be made by doing one little thing:

Look around.

Of course, those are the same two adjustments the Flyers need to make, so whoever does it first will lock this series up for sure, if the Flyers haven't already.

 

[TexasMan]

It was over before it began

 

[BF4L]

Scary to think if one team actually played strong defense in this series for 60 minutes. Like I said before the series whoever wins this will win the cup. If either team gets that together with their offense I don't see any team stopping them. Right now it is the Flyers.

No excuse for the Penguins.

Really?

So the 1st round playoff series is to decide who wins the cup?

I still believe that the Bruins are the defending Champions so all roads to the cup will need to pass through Boston. That being said the Rags have a great team as well.

I like the Flyers in fact they are my 2nd favorite team but to claim the winner of this series is the champ is crazy.

 

[flyersfan4706]

Cooter on the Cisco Arena Cam. Man he is 19 years old, didnt realize his voice was that high

 

[dash]

I really hope this series has spelled the end of Martin and Orpik's careers as Penguins. Congrats to the Flyers.

Bouwmeester for Orpik. Done and done.

 

[flyersfan4706]

And wow, these smokefree.gov commercials are effective. Wow.

 

[Darkstone42]

Bouwmeester for Orpik. Done and done.

We can at least get to the playoffs with Orpik...

 

[Jimmy_the_Tongue]

Pens look like those Capitals teams from a few years ago, all flash, no substance, and a poor defense.

I agree....all flash....they don't have a Rick Tocchet , a Kevin Stevens, a Tomas Sandstrom....(that one is a joke)...this team is missing a certain type of player ....someone like a Tocchet , Stevens, Tim Kerr, Shanahan, etc.....

Pens don't have a talented, motivated , in your face player , on the roster , like that now..

 

[dash]

We can at least get to the playoffs with Orpik...

lol...And you can get there with Jay as well. Trust me.

 

[JMlion71]

Wow. Shot stats for the night:
Bryzgalov 28 5 23 .821
M. Fleury 30 7 23 .767

Seemed like there were 80. Guess it's cause so many went in.

 

[sbb122]

Bouwmeester for Orpik. Done and done.

I was telling my kid on the way home from the game i would love to see shero move Orpik and Martin on draft day, take the combined cap space and make a run at Suter or Weber.

Re-sign Niskanen and bring Despres up for a full season next year.

Letang-Weber/Suter
Niskanen/Michalek
Despres/Engelland
Lovejoy

Sorry dash, i want no part of Bouwmeester,

 

[Darkstone42]

Wow. Shot stats for the night:
Bryzgalov 28 5 23 .821
M. Fleury 30 7 23 .767

Seemed like there were 80. Guess it's cause so many went in.

Quality over quantity.

 

[thedddd]

Really?
So the 1st round playoff series is to decide who wins the cup?

I still believe that the Bruins are the defending Champions so all roads to the cup will need to pass through Boston. That being said the Rags have a great team as well.

I like the Flyers in fact they are my 2nd favorite team but to claim the winner of this series is the champ is crazy.

Yes was my prediction prior to the series and sticking with it, not crazy just a prediction.

The Bruins won last year but you are crazy to think they are the favorites this year. See how that works?