And don't think I didn't not see that Sean.....wiseguy....The only thing that would have made that game better is if it would have been a game 7 (or you know, if the Caps won )
And don't think I didn't not see that Sean.....wiseguy....The only thing that would have made that game better is if it would have been a game 7 (or you know, if the Caps won )
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Flyers / Devils on OT: amazing hustle. Let's go, Flyers!
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Same damn story again for the Flyers. If they only had a goalie. Breezy plays like he is farking stoned. I really don't get the guy. One moment he makes an incredible save. Next time he gives up a goal 3/4 of the fans in the stands could stop. Makes me freakin sick. Nice win for your boys tonight Sean.
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Our rookies let us down on that goal. Why the 2 of them were leaving the ice when you had the puck in our zone. Bad bad mistake and it cost us. I really wish your guys would play more like the penguins though. Flyers play better when they play with emotion and your guys don't do much to tick the flyers off. So far it's a good recipe for winning. Excuse me while i go puke again reading what i just typed.
Awww your just upset that my son got your daughter to root for the Devils the other night.Originally Posted by nazgul
Good to see you joined in the conversation though.
Last edited by spacecaps; May 4, '12 at 1:08 AM.
"Many Shubs and Zuuls knew what it was to be roasted in the depths of the Sloar that day I can tell you."
I had to tape the game tonight so I couldn't look before. 1st thing about tonight's game was the terrible calls against the Devils. It was like the Florida series all over again. The Flyers were doing a great acting job tonight on selling a few of them but the puck off the stick that Kovy got called for and the Zubris hit on Carle....what were the refs watching. It also looked like Philly should have been called for a few especially a couple involving Elias but nothing seemed to be called their way tonight. At least they got the interference of Brodeur right.
A few days ago I mentioned that Philly has to worry which Bryzgalov was going to show up. I think if you ranked the 8 remaining goalies left. I'd put him at 7th. I just don't trust him to be consistent. He's just to flaky. And yeah the rookies got caught on a bad change when Kovy fed the puck to Ponikarovsky for the win. The Devils PK was in full form tonight and the Flyers just couldn't get it done after they scored the first power play goal.
The thing about tonight's win was that it was a total team effort. NJ's big 3; Kovy, Zach, and Elias all scored but Fayne, Carter, Gionta and the rest of the role players had a solid game too. Whatever treatment Kovalchuk got the other day must have done wonders for him because he was a forced to be reckoned with tonight. When he saw that replay after he got sent to the box I loved his reaction. There was some real passion there.
At the beginning of the game I was a little annoyed with the announers going on about how Philly was going to be extra physical and the Devils better step up to that. Here's the thing with NJ though, they can knock around with the best of them but they know when to pick their spots to do it. Philly is known for having a bunch of bruisers but NJ can match that if they had to. The Devils are a veteran team for the most part and play a good mental game when it comes to picking their battles whereas Philly tries to duke it out more often than not and I think it's by design that they're not playing into the rough and tumble stye of Flyers Hockey.
In series that are tied 1-1, game 3 is always a huge swing game but by no means is this over and done with. Sunday is going to be another battle for sure and I think if the Devils continue to play their style of hockey, Philly's gonna have another tough time handling them.
L.A. is up 3-0 and I think they've got a solid chance to make it to the final round. There's really nothing to say about Quick that hasn't been said. Langenbrunner is enough to make me not want the Blues to win but it would have been nice to see St. Louis at least make it a series.
Last edited by spacecaps; May 4, '12 at 1:05 AM.
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Sean i do believe you need to take your Blind Jersey glasses off when watching these games. The only call that was a bad call was the one where the puck went off reeds stick. Not sure exactly how the refs missed that one. Your team is lucky it didn't get called for a delay of game when your idiot fans again tossed stuff on the ice during the game. This is a big problem for me. Toss what ever you want when the final horn sounds but never during a game. And no call was made. Now as far as the Zubris hit goes, it was a textbook boarding call. Now maybe should the refs have looked the other way because of the point in the game where it happened......maybe, but it was no doubt boarding. And i do agree with you on the announcers needing to give Jersey more credit at the start of the game. Both teams play a different style of hockey. It has been clear to me in games 2 and 3 that Jersey is forcing the Flyers to play their game and kicking their butts while doing it. The Flyers look lost at times and like they are trying to play catchup with Jersey. Outside of game one that i do feel the Flyers should have won 3-1 if we had a goalie that had his dang head in the game, Jersey has owned the Flyers so far. If they don't play better Sunday, they will head back to Philly down 3-1. Now i won't even get started on easy breezy. Guy sometimes looks like he is going half speed, then he turns around and makes an incredible save. I just see a goalie who shrugs his shoulders and doesn't care. If he doesn't get better, he can just get his dang golf clubs out or whatever the heck he does in the offseason. We sure paid enough money to do it. Must be nice knowing you have a goalie like Brodeur, even at this stage of his career.
The other call I was referring to was the Larrson high stick call (forgot who it was against) which they went over on TV during the 1st intermission and they showed the stick never came up and actually hit him. I see why the refs would call that because his head snapped back like he was Kennedy in the Zapruder film but the stick never came close to him. On TV they move away so fast from some of the players sometimes because they're following the puck but it looked like Elias was tripped a few times and it would have been nice to see at least one of those calls go NJ's way. The TV guys were screaming over the Zubris hit too and saying it wasn't a penalty so it wasn't just me on that one. Carle clearly saw it coming and had time to brace himself for it. I just thought it was a bad call and given the lateness of the game, the refs should let the players play. The way you see the Zubris hit depends on what color jersey your wearing though. If no call was made there, Philly fans would be screaming for a penalty there. I said it before with the Panthers, if your the team thats getting these calls, you'll take it every time. It just doesn't seem like the Devils are getting any call especially on their own ice. I'm just looking for consistency is all. NJ also dodged a bullet on the other penalty they took in OT. Thats 3 games in a row where they've launched the puck into the stands for a delay of game call. You can't do that. Fans shouldn't toss things on the ice either during a game unless someone pulls off the hat trick. That's just dumb.
The styles of play between the two teams are like the Tortoise and the Hare story. The Devils right now are all about being methodical. Slow and steady wins the race. The Flyers are hot and cold. Great in one period, bad in another. They show bursts of speed at times and other times look like they can't match up with the Devils and are a step behind, especially when NJ cycles like they did in the 1st period yesterday.
Last edited by spacecaps; May 4, '12 at 2:54 PM.
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Actually i remember hearing one announcer start to say he thought the call was crap but then they stopped talking about it. Cause it was text book boarding. But like i said, perhaps you don't call it at that point of the game. And of course i'm watching the game with orange glasses on...I will agree on consistency, i would rather see that over non calls or bad ones at that.
At this point for me, the flyers have been handed their backside 2 games in a row. Jersey has done a great job and you can tell they are a very disciplined team. They know the Flyers are a bigger overall team and their style is to not fall into the trap of getting into altercations. Right now they have proven me wrong as i though the Flyers were much better. They have a long way to go if they want to beat Jersey and advance.
I signed my son up for street hockey and today was his first game. He wanted #9 to honor his favorite player, Zach Parise but another kid already had it. His second choice was #17 for my favorite, Illya Kovalchuck but the numbers only go to 15 so he picked #8. His reason....my son was put on the Penguins so he figured it was half of Sydney Crosby's number and since Crosby is the best Penguin, it made sense to him. Sound logic from a 6 year old but I'm not sure how I feel about it.
When I first signed him up, I asked if there was a chance he could be on the Devils but they told me they don't have a Devils team. I thought it was because being in NJ all the kids would want to play on that team but I found out today the guy that runs the league is a die hard Rangers fan and he refuses to have a Devils team because he hates them so much. Unbelievable.
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