07-08 Philadelphia Flyers Season Thread

[Rome]

even stranger is the "vengeance now" slogan he has on his shirt.

[ice grillin you]

ramsay is philly chief of popo?  i had no idea.

yup...there was a pic of him in the paper the other day rockin an eagles hat

[MDS]

lol add an i to pens and you get penis

[Seabiscuit36]

lol add an i to pens and you get penis

[Don Ho]

look like clones of that hoe from Nawlins last year.

[ice grillin you]

supposedly a bunch of penguin fans are going to at some point put a crosby jersey on the rocky statue to get it on the front of the pittsburgh post gazette so the morning show sent some flyer fans to the statue to guard it

[Seabiscuit36]

let em do it, it worked out well for the Habs

[Seabiscuit36]

http://msn.foxsports.com/nhl/story/8114158/Against-Penguins,-refs,-Flyers-can-win-it

Against Penguins, refs, Flyers can win it
Inside Hockey

Updated: May 7, 2008, 12:05 PM EST

There are some people around the National Hockey League who think the-powers-that-be really, actually wanted to see a Canadian team win the Cup for the first time in 15 years.

But despite some pretty dicey calls during their second-round series, the Flyers did away with that dream in quick order.

Meanwhile, over in the Rangers-Penguins second-round series, anyone with functional eyes could see the NHL's brightest star, Sidney Crosby, flailing his arms and losing his footing at every choice opportunity to draw penalties. He often actually succeeded in fooling the most established of referees, and he wasn't the only Penguin to benefit from some dubious calls.

In the series-deciding game, Ryan Malone from the Pens clipped Chris Drury in the face and drew significant volumes of blood yet somehow no call was made and the game was lost by one goal. Conspiracy theorists start your engines, because this tomfoolery will not end when Philly and Pittsburgh square off starting this Thursday night.

Amazingly, the Flyers come into a series with their in-state rivals in a wonderful position. Unlike most years in Philly, nobody thought the Flyers could get to where they are, and they are certainly not done learning, growing and fighting as a team to realize their potential. Unlike past Flyers teams and most every year's Eagles teams — the Flyers are playing in a consequence-free environment much as a golfer always performs better in a "scramble" tournament, where each shot isn't so pressing.

"Why not win?" is this team's mantra. Blow a two-goal lead — "who cares?" — we've won like that before. Down a few goals? We have the firepower to fight back. Moreover, the Flyers have the mental advantage over Pittsburgh in that many on the team think that by benching Crosby for the last game of the regular season, Pittsburgh coach Michel Therrien was purposefully tanking to avoid playing the bruising Flyers (especially the angry Derian Hatcher, who is always looking for No. 87). Paul Holmgren says there is no way the Penguins tanked to avoid the Flyers to instead play the flailing Senators. Conspiracy theorists, back to your blogs.

The Flyers have to know that their early season suspensions and Broad Street Bullies reputation from over 30 years ago will likely follow them into this series. Crosby will dive until some referee makes a point of calling him for it and he stops. The Flyers' second-ranked power play from the regular season could make that meaningful point with a few pucks behind Fleury if so desired.

And with the dead and rotting carcasses of Washington and Montreal waiting for burial, the Flyers have every reason to believe they can beat (and beat up) a young and highly talented Pittsburgh team. Crosby is good, but they already know they could shut down Alexander Ovechkin.

At the same time, the Flyers must crank up their preparation to another level if they have plans on playing in the Finals against one of the powerhouse teams from the West. The idea of blowing a game like they did in Game 1 vs. Montreal isn't going to fly when you are eight playoff wins from hoisting the hardware. The Flyers need to adopt the idea of playing the game with high energy without gross stupidity (see: Derian Hatcher's hit on Francis Bouillon).

The refs will be looking for reasons to get Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and Marian Hossa on the power play, and so ultimate discipline will be an absolute key to the series. If the Flyers can accomplish this, there is no reason the league shouldn't be calling PETA to report some animal abuse, because the Penguins can be beaten.

My call is the Flyers in six games.


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[MDS]

[phillymic2000]

supposedly a bunch of penguin fans are going to at some point put a crosby jersey on the rocky statue to get it on the front of the pittsburgh post gazette so the morning show sent some flyer fans to the statue to guard it

Thats awesome.

[SD_Eagle5]

Nice crocs, fagboy.

[rjs246]

Oh for farg's sake. Die, assclown, die.

[PhillyGirl]

Nice crocs, fagboy.

Holy shtein, he needs to be high sticked to death.

[Seabiscuit36]

[SunMo]