wow... talk about classless from a Hawks fan! does the word "Hypocrite" sound familiar? seems like you've been called this a time or two in your life time. i'd peg a snowball with a battery in it at you anyday for a comment like that.

LETS GO FLYERS!!!!!!!!!!!

wow... classless huh? sounds like to me you've been called a hypocrite more then once in your life. you've got some nerve to call the entire fan base of the Flyers classless... you realize your the classless one making a statement like that. i'd gladly be one of those "classless" fans who pegs a snowball with a battery in the middle of it at your face.

LETS GO FLYERS!!!!! BRING THAT CUP ON HOME BABY!!

Yeah the first comment about the flyers fan base was slightly unneccesary, but on the same note, Flyers Hockey Girl, you kind of affirmed my fellow Hawks fan's statement by threatening to throw a battery-stuffed snowball at them for saying it... yeah it was unnecessary and I wouldnt say the Flyers fan base is classless (though I would say joe thornton and the Sharks definitely deserve to be called that) but once again you kind of affirmed his statement with your over-offended threat.

Thanks!!!!

Sorry, I have to go with the basic stats here-- the Hawks are younger, faster, better on the PK, better on the advantage (and although they didnt show much penalty control in game 1), and generally better at keeping out of the box. also dont forget that Niemi, Toews, and Byfuglien are the #1, 2, and 3 runners for the Conn Smythe as of this morning's polls... Sorry but Ill give the Flyers 1 win in this series, hawks win in 5.

You're a Bruins fan but don't really care who wins!

I am a Bruins fan too!

And I sure know who I want to win!

Go Hawks!

Hate the Flyers, love good hockey. Should be pretty damn fun to watch. Hawks in 6

Coming from a philly fan that means less than nothing. You guys will finally have to play a great offensive team, we will destroy you. Itialian Beef over Cheesesteaks any day of the week.

First off Dan-1596899 learn to spell italian and second the hawks are good but young-They will fold under the pressure.And third cheesesteaks are beef.But after visiting the windy city i can see why you cant spell, And how many teeth are missing from your grill?

First off JerseyShoreJoe if the spelling police are out let's capitalize "Italian. "

Second, I believe (IMO) that Philly will be playing the best team by far that they have played so far in post season. I think Philly would have lost to the Sharks in 6.

Third, I don't believe I read where Dan had disputed the contents of a cheesesteak but stated that the Chicago style Italian beef was superior (and yes it is freakin good).

... as for the "cant spell" comment, can't is a compound word that gets an apostrophe and I know a few hockey players and myself that have "lost" a chiclet or two playing the game, no biggie.

They WILL CHOKE on the Ice cold beverages they will be drinking from the Cup all summer long GO HAWKS

I think i only want there to be a game 7 so that there is just one more day of Hockey. I live for this sport... but i know the Flyers are going to take it in 5. This will be Hossa 3rd playoff on his 3rd team... i dont seem them going anywhere. he is a jynx. haha

Poor Flyers Hockey Girl, you will eat those words. If you live for the game then you know the skills Hossa has and will use on the weak crease and lack of depth.

Be careful, reality trumps wishes (and jinxes) every time.

Vlad in TN... ur delusional.. hell u being a wings fan got beat by the Coyotes... HA. Hossa lets too many goals slip past him. hes going to choke under the pressure again. hes not just a jynx... hes talentless. i do live for the game and i know talent when i see it. FLYERS IN GAME 5

The REAL match-up

2010.................. GP.. G... A .. Pts. +/-

Patrick Kane CHI 82 30 58 88 16
Duncan Keith CHI 82 14 55 69 21
Jonathan Toews CHI 76 25 43 68 22
Patrick Sharp CHI 82 25 41 66 24
Jeff Carter PHI 74 33 28 61 2
Marian Hossa CHI 57 24 27 51 24
Mike Richards PHI 82 31 31 62 -2
Danny Briere PHI 75 26 27 53 -2

2010 and 57 games w/51 pts. is better average then anyone on the Flyer team and he's only ranked 5th in offense on the Hawks. (also check out your club "leaders" +/- and how sad that is) I know they don't report the real facts in Philly but the Flyers are in way over their heads!

and I know you don't want to hear the sad facts on your goaltender problems, but if you do, just look up the stats on NHL.com

Vlad in TN put up a good point, the fact that Flyers fans aren't really paying attention to the stats and going off of the assumption that a lack of postseason experience will spell the doom of the Hawks... the Sharks (who were the best team in the west) lost to the hawks in a 4 game sweep... Please, explain to me where the young Hawks folded under the pressure? They folded last year in the playoffs, now that most of the youngsters on the team have experienced almost 25 postseason games, their chances of folding are significantly lower than you would think... not to mention that the flyers in the regular season only scored 88 pts as a team, which in the west conference would have ended them in a solid 12th place. the hawks, on the other hand, scored 112, which pits them at #2 in the west, just 1 point behind the sharks, and #3 in the NHL this year, behind the caps that made a ridiculously fast exit from this years playoffs. I'm sorry, but as much adversity as the flyers faced this year they played against some unusually poor playoff teams to get into the cup, i.e. the 8th seed Canadiens and the 6th seed Bruins (yes i realize that the Flyers were 7th seed), whereas the hawks towards the end played the #1 seeded Sharks and 3 seeded Canucks to make it to the Cup. I'm sorry, but the talent the Hawks played against were far more than the Flyers had to battle, and now that the Flyers have to battle a younger, stronger, faster, more energetic team I don't see the Flyers making it much past game 5 against the Hawks.

And for the record, I might be a Hawks fan and am rooting for them wholeheartedly, but nonetheless I took the time to look up the stats and make sure that what I said was as accurate as I could get it to prove my point, not going off saying chicago style pizza is the best or that the Flyers fans are rowdy. I could care less about all of that, all I look at is the stats. and the stats show that the Hawks are heavily favored in ALMOST every category.

Did you see who they were playing. I'm a Wings fan but skill beats wishes and cheesesteak every time... Hawks have the skills and depth.

I'll see you back on this thread/board after 4 games and we'll talk again, OK?

Vlad

BTW, I like Jet's deepdish pizza (Detroit) and Philly cheesesteaks too... how can you not, but that don't win games!

what a hole,, you don't uderstand the game all of you, i play the game .IT take guts and heart to win at times and i sure the flyer can show that,i still say flyers in six no matter what you say,, but the key is flyers must not get in the box,,,flyers in six

???? what a hole

ok hockeyqueen, playing with a tennis ball and rollerblades don't count.

as for the Flyers better not get in the box, I see just the opposite. The Flyers better come out hitting so hard and finishing brutal checks so often that the refs feel obligated to call some sitting time on them. That could take the Hawks off their game for a bit. In the end passing skills and defense will reign and the Hawks will hoist the Cup!

Come on now, I play the game too but sometimes as much guts and heart you have doesn't make any difference in who you play, if they have that same heart, that same gut, that same determination, and that same push for greatness. the simple fact of it all is that the Hawks GM (who now, unfortunately enough, I believe went to the Panthers to be their new GM) drafted the right people to make a strong, young, and talented force. Unfortunately, every single player the flyers have an equally competent opposing player from the Hawks... Briere vs. Kane, Carter vs. Toews, Keith vs. Pronger... there's a TON of talent on the ice, no doubt, but most of that talent lies in the Hawks' lines. The only person I would have given you the advantage on is Leighton over Niemi, but now after the goalies both gave up 5 goals a piece in game 1, I'm not so sure either of them are outright better, though Quenneville stuck with Niemi unlike Laviolette who pulled Leighton for Boucher (although that was a good thing to do, the only problem is the Hawks have the world's worst playoff backup in Cristobal Huet)

no flyer 4-2 win

I hear ya DocHoc IF they had been playing teams of equal caliber in said post season but they were not. I am not a Flyers hater, hell they gave the Wings their first cup in 40 years in 1997 and for that alone I love 'em. When I was growing up in Detroit (we had an indoor hockey rink in our high school) you had to have a "second" team to root for. Through the 70's I had the Flyers, so I still like them just fine, plus Philadelphia is a great city with great people!

My feelings toward this series is that the Hawks are a much better team than the Flyers despite what Philly fan's hearts might tell them.

... and yes, I can't wait 'till Saturday, we're stocking up on beer, brown liquor and brats, Oh Yeah!

... where are all my new found friends?
Flyers Hockey Girl
jerseyjoe-1841263
HawksBlow
GO FLYERS
and my personal favorite...
hockeyking
Guess it's getting close to Phillies baseball time over by dair eh?

I hope you'll come back and play DOC Hoc!