they're all missing the attempted elbow by brown. that's my biggest problem with the play.

Roszival didn't come out for the handshake line.

GUTLESS PUKE!

I always get envious at this point. Then I wonder how far away the Flyers actually are from contending. I dunno if it's a talent gap or a timing issue as far as when a team hits their peak, or both. I just don't recall them playing with the tenacity shown by these 2 teams as well as the Eastern teams. So if its not a talent issue, then how do you get a team to mature into what we're seeing in LA? The process happens every playoff with the teams that make the finals, and it's what makes the NHL playoffs so remarkable.
- aosplayo

was thinking the same and it pisses me off

Roszival didn't come out for the handshake line.

GUTLESS PUKE!
- PLindbergh31

clearly mccrossin is now moonlighting for the kings.

carter makes that happen by hitting the net. sometimes that all you have to do.
- hammarby31

Carter is continuing his oh so torrid playoff scoring ... 9 pts in 14 games. That is a whopping 0.64 points/game! With this postseason he has actually brought his career record up to 0.5 points per game. Screw him. He is still a soft, inconsistent playoff chump.

If I can't enjoy the games, and will be unhappy regardless of who wins no sense of watching.

Milbury and Roenick arguing like infants.
- PLindbergh31

(frank) i changed the channel (frank)

clearly mccrossin is now moonlighting for the kings.
- hammarby31

JR you dont turn on the ice with your leg out that far, give it to him milbury. that was a cheap knee to knee hit (missed knee but to me its the same thing cuz full attempt was there). should be a suspension, but it wont be.
- dillpx183

Gotta go with JR on this one. JR played just like Brown and JR is still a pretty level headed fan of the game.

has an 8 seed made the finals before? i know the 7 seed has. edmonton back in 06?

I can't root for the Devils. Just can't. I guess I won't watch. If I don't see it, it didn't happen. Yup that's it.
- PLindbergh31

Crosby never won a cup in my book

they're all missing the attempted elbow by brown. that's my biggest problem with the play.
- hammarby31

Exactly. That's an attempted elbow to the chin, and he ends up leading with the knee.

On a play blown dead.

Then 2 minutes later Doughnut Doughty smashes his stick like a peewee. For the 11th time in 5 minutes.

Get the (frank) out.



And if the Devils lose??



I hate both these teams. I'm a Flyers fan. Do I have a choice?

But this game....this series....it overshadows EVERYTHING.

has an 8 seed made the finals before? i know the 7 seed has. edmonton back in 06?
- hammarby31

If the Rags make the Finals, they will have played, the #8,7, and 6 in the East, and the # 8 in the West.

Carter is continuing his oh so torrid playoff scoring ... 9 pts in 14 games. That is a whopping 0.64 points/game! With this postseason he has actually brought his career record up to 0.5 points per game. Screw him. He is still a soft, inconsistent playoff chump.
- Lexington Flyer

he hasn't had a good post season, but had a decent game tonight. it doesn't matter what he does. he could be a -33 and if the kings win the cup all people will talk about is the trades and how the flyers lost them.

Exactly. That's an attempted elbow to the chin, and he ends up leading with the knee.

On a play blown dead.

Then 2 minutes later Doughnut Doughty smashes his stick like a peewee. For the 11th time in 5 minutes.

Get the (frank) out.



And if the Devils lose??



I hate both these teams. I'm a Flyers fan. Do I have a choice?

But this game....this series....it overshadows EVERYTHING.
- Giroux_Is_God

I haven't watched a second of the Rangers/Devils series. Could care less.

Crosby never won a cup in my book
- Lexington Flyer

For some reason my hate for the Penguins isn't close to what it is for the Rags, or Devils. After all the cheap shots from Neal, Asham, and Malkin, I do dislike the Penguins more than ever now.

I don't really hate Crosby, never have really.

If the Rags make the Finals, they will have played, the #8,7, and 6 in the East, and the # 8 in the West.
- PLindbergh31

tell that to the nucks and the blues.

tell that to the nucks and the blues.
- hammarby31

Seeds go out the window once the playoffs stats, Ottawa, Washington, NJ and LA obviously all played very well in these playoffs.

Darryl Sutter sounds drunk.

alright fellow sufferers...bed time.

Darryl Sutter sounds drunk.
- BulliesPhan87

when you're from viking, alberta, i'm not sure there's much choice in the matter.

Milbury is a huuuuuuuuuge douche
- Giroux_Is_God

Tortorella has Milbury by a landslide.

he hasn't had a good post season, but had a decent game tonight. it doesn't matter what he does. he could be a -33 and if the kings win the cup all people will talk about is the trades and how the flyers lost them.
- hammarby31

I don't care what they talk about. Holmgren didn't trade carter to LA. It was Columbus who lost on the Carter deal...twice.

The Flyers are positioned well for the foreseeable future thanks in large part to unloading Carter. I miss Richards as a player (not Carter though) but I can see why Holmer was willing to let him go because of the questions around his captaincy. I am on the fence with who "won" that trade because Simmonds is a real nice player in the present who still may have some untapped potential. Schenn could be a star quality player. We'll see. Even if LA raises the cup I don't think Homer lost in those deals.

On a night when the Kings made it to the SCF, this thread still has twice as many posts as Berry's. I don't know what that means.

My view is this...

Many (Including current members on this board) were all over Ray Emery for partying and not taking Hockey serious enough after and during his Stanley Cup run. Not many Flyers fans wanted him on this team until it was announced IN JUNE 09 that he would be signing here. Richards and Carter aren't the exception. They're gifted hockey players who aren't always serious about hockey. There is no excuse for it. They're players who get paid top dollar to be top centers for their team and they aren't. I like Carter and Richards but I have no doubt in my mind that they're both overrated. They should be number 1 centers but they're secondary scoring for the kings and they were in the last season they were with the Flyers.

With this said, the Kings are a good team. Go Kings. (frank) the Devils and the Rangers.
- roenick97

They sure looked like they were secondary scoring for the Kings. Involved in a go ahead goal in the 2nd. And on the game winner in OT that sends the Kings to the Cup Finals. Yep, definitely secondary scoring.