posts just means the goaltender is playing his angles well

It is pretty neat that most of the players on these teams met in the AHL finals a couple of years ago (WBS Pens Vs Phantoms), and now they meet again in the NHL. Phantoms obviously won that match up, Hopefully the Pen's can avenge their loss.

WBS Pens are also playing the Phantoms in the AHL playoffs right now.

Goes to show these are two strong franchises. I'm a Flyers fan all the way but I've got to give credit when credit is due and the Pens are playing pretty well. It's going to be a very close series all the way and both players have their offensive stars. Maybe flyers don't have big sell out names like Crosby, (thank god because that means we have more people staying on their feet instead of diving) but we do have some players who are hungry for goals, like Umberger on Fire last series. It's going to be a strong offensive match but when it comes down to it It's all about the Goalies. Biron is looking strong and MAF is due for some flukes. Happens to the best of em.

Flyers in 6.

im a pens fan too but flyers come first. this is the series i have been looking forward too, well not as much as the flyers vs red wings in the cup again, but laroque is a punk. i cant stand that dude. jim jackson i think is a decent announcer. he has a point about some of the calls tho. there have been plenty of missed calls against the flyers.


the penalties will prob be what kills the flyers cause the nhl is against the flyers. its a joke on how many calls go uncalled against the flyers.

exactly my thoughts. Not that a few of the other guys don't have the balls, but they really have no chance. lol

I'm going Flyers in 6 also. Should def be a great series. But we took out #1 and #3, time to take out #2 :)

Um that #3 was one of the worst #3s of all time. They barely had enough points to make it into the 8th seed without winning their division. No offensive depth, and a slow over-sized defensive core. I couldn't believe how worn down they looked against the Flyers. Most of their D just stood around lacking any energy to get the puck. I keep hearing how the Flyers shut down Ovechkin, but he averaged 1.3pt /game. I don't consider that "shut down". There was just no one else that could generate chances on that team.

#1 Montreal was a group of over achievers with some skilled guys that have the reputation of disappearing in the playoffs. Anchor that with 2 rookie goaltenders and you have a paper tiger. They scored a ton of PP goals in the regular season, but could barely even get a PP shot off in the playoffs. There is a reason it took them 7 games to dispose of lowly Boston.

I'm not saying the Pens had to beat all juggernauts to get where they are, but just trying to put things in perspective.

^^ i agree about #3, they DID barely make it in the playoffs at all. I was just throwing it out..lol beat #3, beat #1, now #2 is up,thats all I was saying.

Personally, as a hockey player, and fan, I will admit that Pittsburgh WILL be very hard to beat. Flyers will need stellar goaltending from Biron, as well and point contributions from more than 3 players. As you said, Pens are a very deep team and pose threats on all aspects of the game. CAN the Flyers beat them in a 7 game series? Yes. Will it be tough as hell? Yes. BUT, it can be done if they play consistenly and physically.

Very good summary of the series.

My biggest worry is if Biron reverts back to his mid-season difficulties going pipe-to-pipe. The Pen's like to work the puck across the ice a ton, and someone always seems to be open. If the D can stay in the Pen's pockets and Biron can cover post to post...should be good to go.

are you guys nuts????? WASHINGTON WAS ON FIRE They were the best team going into the playoffs. they won like 12 out of 13 games just to be able to make it.

The pens have not even been challenged yet, they bombed the last game of the regular season so they could play the sens, who should have never made it, then they got to play the rangers, who just fell apart. Its going to be a good series...officiating is gong to be HUGE....so we'll see

Lets be fair, those last 13 games were played mainly against their own division, the weakest in the NHL, who had no chance of making the playoffs. It was a nice run, but I would not classify them as the best going in, they just had large amount of momentum.

The Flyers and Pens are very evenly matched. If you want to go off momentum the Flyers have the edge. They played two very competitive series and pretty much man handled the number one seed. Side not to the over achievers comment, nobody wins the Stanley Cup without a number of players over achieving. The Pens had two easy series against the Sens and the Rangers. They faced no adversity and really were never tested.

Both goalies are hot. You can't really say either is having a stronger playoff. They both have been a key aspect of their teams and that is all they are capable of doing, they can't score, they can just keep the team in it.

they got a pic of crosby practicing for the series...
http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n...0party/al4.jpg

Timmonen out with a blood clot is terrible news for the Flyers. Surely this is a huge loss for the Flyers in an area they are thin at already. Best wishes for a safe recovery.


Pens will surely benefit from his misfortune.

Do I need to bring up ron hextall haha

Yea it is a huge loss

im goin to the home game on thursday...chyeaaa

I really wish we were playing the Rangers right now. For some reason, I just have a bad feeling about this.

Penguins have always been a handful for us, this is going to be a super interesting series for sure.

yeah i think its going to come down to game 7, and hopefully it will be at home.

Flyers in 6

not having kimmo is gonna hurt....i cant see hatcher logging 25 mins of ice time.....i just hope modry gets out of his habit of coughing up the puck

1-1 already damn boyiiiiiiiiiiii

good so far 1-1