Puck is about to drop on Game 2!!! Lets see if Philthy can even the series up!
sorry, no.![]()
I'd like to see a long series too. Philly's coming off two one-goal losses going home, so they should still have a chance at it if they win tonight.
Still, the whole Pronger "stealing-the-pucks" and Laviolette trying to play mind games with Niemi smack of desperation to me. I can't see Chicago falling for it.
BTW- Pronger's a moron, but Carcillo is a raving idiot.
Chicago better wake up, it looks like Philly's smelling blood...
Heh, now we should get the thread locked, the season is over!
Good for Chicago, I thought they deserved that one--Philly has been playing a pretty short bench and it was starting to show IMO. They still could have gotten lucky and pulled it off, but I thought Chicago deserved the win.
And it is so nice after decades of terrible Chicago hockey. Just goes to show how important the ownership can be!
I was pleasantly surprised by the fans behaviour, suggesting (again) the mutual respect these two teams seem to have earned for one another. I think it was really clear what a totally nice, classy bunch of people play for the Hawks, no malice to be found in any of them, just a boisterous enjoyment of the game. Booing Bettman? that was priceless (and by now de rigeur)
The dead silence on that last goal while Kane raced around the rink? that was totally surreal, dreamlike. You could feel from the stillness of the Flyers that the game was over, even before they announced anything.
I still think it was a weird ending, but it may just become a classic. I heard about four versions of the call of the winning goal today on the radio, and each one the play-by-play guy stuttered, was unsure, then started yelling when they realized it was over.
And yes...that silence from the Flyer fans was really something else...I want to call it creepy, but I think 'profound' is a better choice of words...
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