>>>>>>Less than 5 hours away....the Orange and Black will crush the Pinkhawks and take a 3-2 lead....and then drink from Lord Stanley's mug on Wednesday night.
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>>>>>>Not a bad run for my teams the last few years
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>>>>>>2007 - Phillies win NL East
>>>>>>2008 - Phillies win World Series, KU cuts down the nets after beating UNC and Memphis
>>>>>>2009 - Phillies to go the World Series
>>>>>>2010 - Flyers will hoist the Cup!!!!!
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>>>>>We'll see.
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>>>>>I bought a new chair today to give myself a better vantage point on the game.
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>>>>>Bring it on!
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>>>>Enjoy it, guys. My Dish Network receiver is on the permanent fritz so no viewing here. May the better team win.
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>>>3-0 Hawks at the end of the first. The Hawks absolutely OWNED the Flyers.
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>>>Game ON!
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>>7-4 Hawks! This was the most one-sided game of the series IMHO.
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>I'm not going to say much, other than to scratch my noodle that Kevin would make such a bold prediction. The best part about the game was that Chris Pronger, who has been a thorn in the Hawks' side the whole series (to say the least), was on the ice for six Chicago goals and in the penalty box for the other. Perfect!
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>I am not going into the prediction business. The Flyers have been very tough at home throughout the playoffs and the next one is there. Still, having to win games six and seven is a daunting task. If they can do that they deserve to be champs.
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>Did you think the Flyers played that badly? (I didn't see it -- curse you, Dish Network). One thing I know is the Hawks mixed up their lines after the Flyers had effectively neutralized their top line. That's a pretty bold move, changing lines in game 5 of the Stanley Cup finals. Obviously something worked out for them and I doubt it can all be attributed to rotten play by the Flyers.

I do not think the Flyers played up to par compared to previous games this series. I think the Hawks came out playing the best they have in this series from the get-go. They played full-tilt offense almost the entire game and the Flyers never got into the game.