Yes, but this is the year.
And out of all those stats, only one matters. Can you guess which one?
Well it is hard to argue that they didn't tank to get Lemieux over Muller. As for Crosby, they got lucky.
I don't think I have to tell you that college sports, esp. football, are different than the pros. Does anyone remember the runner up in pro sports? Does anyone care who won the regular season?
I don't follow baseball that closely. No one is holding parades for the runner up. No one from the losing playoff teams is invited to the White House. The runner up is not in the history books as the greatest team. A player isn't considered great until he wins it all. The goal in the pros is to win. That is the only metric that matters. Hence, why teams are in a window to win, they go for it. If a coach can't get the team over the hump, he is fired. They don't say, gee we have a team that can make the playoffs every year, let's be satisfied with that.
Bruins are pretenders. Austin Matthews tallies 9 points for the series & the Leafs beat the B’s in 6.
Agree they won’t roll over, but of all the playoff teams in the east, they seem like the least likely to advance. This is not a Pitt/Philly disrespectful jab, but rather an observation. The #9 team in the east had more wins than they did. Maybe the Flyers best days are ahead, but their present isn’t ready for a long playoff push.To all Pens fans {of which I am truly one}: This here group of Flyers are coming to play folks. They will not back down, roll-over, or play-dead for the Pens.
That being said, I expect the Pens to raise their level of effort to the max!
Of course, I do want them to win the series and march on toward another Stanley Cup.
Should be a great series.
That makes way too much sense...it's more fun to believe that a team was "avoiding" another team.
Sounds good!
Like I said. Check the records. No caveat required. Anyone who doubts the Flyers as one of the top all time franchises in the NHL is only lying to themselves (I guess you need that trait to bed down with some of those Pittsburgh women - woof tough sledding!!).
It ain’t bragging if it’s true!!! That is the real history, not this “let me pick an arbitrary line so that my stats make me feel good” crap. And news for ya, the tide is turning. Pens probably win this series, but in the not too distant future, the Flyers will be back on top, where they belong. And the Pens will be playing to the half empty barn, because Pens fans are nothing but lousy front runners. Dilly Dilly, Philly Philly. The Roaring 20s are already here. Another title this spring to go with the two belts we have already won in the past few months will look real nice. Philadelphia, the class of the state - has been since before the country was born!! Wooooo!!!!!
That is a good point about the wins, but that is a limited picture. Have you checked the Flyers record over the last 56 games? 34-15-7. They started with half dozen rookie and second year players and have played the last 20 with non-NHL goaltending (Mrazek?). Pens better get while the getting is still good for them. Once Carter Hart joins the men’s league - lights out!!!
Come on GLOV, who would you rather hear sing the National Anthem? Or just look at for that matter?We got Snoop Dog on our side.
We can't lose!!
