[canadian mongoo]

whining crosby vs dirty philly only to see who loses to the west.....ho hum

[JordanLUFC]

Originally Posted by canadian mongoo

whining crosby vs dirty philly only to see who loses to the west.....ho hum

Don't worry, it's ok to be a bitter Montreal fan.

[falconstalon]

Originally Posted by JordanLUFC

Don't worry, it's ok to be a bitter Montreal fan.

Ha ha

[DREONM24]

Originally Posted by Sonny

Did you guys see Morrow's hit on Michalek last night?

brutal, clean hit. I still think the hit Marleau took looked worse, but he got up and skated it off and wanted more! Marleau was the Sharks best player in the playoffs IMO, other then Nabby.

[Thrawn33]

Originally Posted by JordanLUFC

Don't worry, it's ok to be a bitter Montreal fan.

I have yet to meet a Montreal fan who isn't bitter....

[Nihilistic]

Originally Posted by donlukosino

Oh no, Philly has two more guys that are twenty goal scorers than the Penguins, they are so deep Pittsburgh has no chance in this series. Lol, nice argument there guy.

you obviously dont know much about hockey if you think its only the 20 goal scorers, i am done talking with you as you obviously have no concept of the sport.

[donlukosino]

Originally Posted by Nihilistic

you obviously dont know much about hockey if you think its only the 20 goal scorers, i am done talking with you as you obviously have no concept of the sport.

Please don't try to attack my knowledge of the sport when you are the one who brought the 20 goal scorer argument up. If you were trying to argue something more than the amount of 20 goal scorers then you should have said so, but you didn't so don't try to cop out of your argument now.

Also, take a look at the defensive stats for the playoffs. The Flyers are easily among the worst teams in the playoffs as far as defensive stats go, and they have given up more goals than any team except the canadiens in the playoffs.

Goals against average: Philly - 2.83 Pittsburgh - 1.89

Penalty killing: Philly - 77.2% Pittsburgh - 89.5%

Philly is also taking alot of penalties, which could really hurt them with the ability of Crosby and Malkin to draw them, and the ability of the Pens PP to score.

I don't know about anyone else, but I would think that these stats in the playoffs are a little more relevant than the amount of twenty goal scorers that these teams had in the regular season.

Philly might have a little more scoring depth than the Penguins, but they are porous on defense. Besides Philly has to be able to stop the big guns of the Penguins for that scoring depth to even matter.

[Vittu]

Anyone watch the world championships?

[Sonny]

Originally Posted by DREONM24

brutal, clean hit. I still think the hit Marleau took looked worse, but he got up and skated it off and wanted more! Marleau was the Sharks best player in the playoffs IMO, other then Nabby.

Oh yeah, that hit by Sarich was brutal.

[ISWThunder]

The Pens - Flyers series should be good, but Ill take the Pens in 6

The Flyers probably have more offensive depth but they haven't been as stellar in the postseason as many Philly fans want to believe.

Biron has made some great plays but he is still statistically playing the worst of the 4 remaining goalies (Turcco and Fleury and Osgood wrestling at the top and Biron at the bottom). And the Flyers are a physical team but they aren't a dominant physical team like some Flyer teams of the past. They are allowing a good number of shots per game and are not clicking on the PK (3rd worst in the EC playoffs and most power plays allowed in the East.

People were saying that the Pens would be out matched physically against the Rangers but they weren't. The Pens have some very physical players in guys like Orpik, Roberts, Gill, Ruutu and Laraque.