Flyers will face Canadiens

Hey Robert L.--What a fantastic bunch of Mtl. and Philly clips. As always the pro comes through again with the very best in your blog Robert ,Thanks

Guys and girls, Dave and the administrator's told me last time to not keep trying to post. They kept inisting that I had to try and not click twice. However, i don't. I too tried to not repost it (including different words and editing it) it would never appear. We'll just have to wait for them to work out the bugs. We're getting a heck of a lot of traffic these days 900+ posts for last few Boone Game blogs as well as an elevated number of posts commenting on Dave or Kevin's articles. You know what, these administrators must be dying, they probably can't even watch the games because they have to make sure nothing goes wrong and are probably hard at work. Kudos to them. "One face-off, one battle, one shift, one period, one game, one series at a time." "Are the Habs ready to pay the Price?"

Damn! Frenzy tours is planning another trip for game 4 in Philly for $300.00 but Maybe ill wait till a city with a much safer crowd comes along, Philly fans are the worst I heard...Maybe I could just blend in with them wearing philly colors but start rooting for the habs discreetly... lol, thats a pretty good deal for $300.00... "12 'Till 25" "If I wanted to hear from an ass, I would fart..."

WOW,] Good for us to land the flyers. This should be a great series to watch fast paced and lots of hits. Carey will out duel Biron on this one. We will have to bring it because they will. There's alot of good hockey this year every series is a must watch. Go Habs Go

WHAT PHILLY IS SAYING: "I've played against [the Kostitsyns] a few times and they're skilled guys," Carter said. "They have a real puck-possession mind-set whoever they play with. They cycle, cycle, and try to make plays. We have to play hard on them, take away their time and space." well folks, there you have it....the FLYERS GAME PLAN. play physical and take away our time and space....exactly what the Bruins were throwing at us. So they're going to be chasing us down, we need quick puck movement and we need to throw our weight around. Damn this is going to be a good one...

I definitely wanted to face the Flyers over the Rags so I'm glad they won, even though a Crosby/Ovechkin series would have been good. http://yourhabs.com - My Montreal Canadiens Blog

Ah, the big, bad Flyers. What does Benoit “My Suit Is Shinier Than Crete’s” Brunet call ‘em? “Faux tough”? Love that. Faux tough. You fight me, you fight my gang. This is not the team of Schultz, Saleski, Dornhoefer, Dupont, Kelly, and Clarke. It’s Hartnell and Cote, with doses of some bus bathroom fetishist named Steve “The Shame of Windsor” Downie. Big whoop. Granted, GM Paul “Goon Wannabe #1” Holmgren and head coach John “Goon Wannabe #2” Stevens are goon wannabes, but goon wannabes don’t get to dress for the game. That’s why we call ‘em wannabes. Faux tough, indeed. Granted, as well, The Broad Street Phonies have a half-decent goaltender in Martin Biron. It’s kind of interesting. Although there have been the tongue-wagging Hextalls and tragic Lindberghs, as well as a couple of pan flashers, goaltending was never really a priority in Philly when that toothless wondergoon, Bobby “Bobby” Clarke ran the operation. See, Bobby (or Bobby) hates goalies. Hates ‘em. It all started with the 1974 Stanley Cup victory when Bernie “Denis Lemieux” Parent was awarded the Conn Smythe. That was bad enough. But then Parent had the sheer, unbridled audacity to win it again in 1975. Sure, Reggie “Bowl Cut” Leach was awarded it in 1976, but the Goon Squad had been swept by Nos Canadiens in the finals. Take that, Bobby! It wasn’t the goonin’ that won you Lord Stanley’s coveted cup – arguably more of a bowl, but the Stanley Bowl would just confuse sports fans down south – rather, it was the goaltending. You see, you really were the Broad Street Goalies, and it drives you up the wall. Although I’m digressing, I’m quite optimistic about this upcoming series. They’re getting their scoring from some poor sap a lot of Hab fans generally dislike, nay, hate outright. When Shanahan accepted less money than the Habs were offering, to go play for the New York Averys, nobody batted a blue-white-and-red eyelash. But when Briere ostensibly turned his back on Gainey & Co.? Yikes! The loudest fans in the NHL will be on him like a hobo on a ham sandwich. Add a little slappin’ around and he’ll melt down like, well, Brie…uh…re on the hood of a flame-engulfed police cruiser. As far as not seeing him pull on a Habs jersey? Personally, I could not care less. I think hockey players have to look like hockey players and Briere doesn’t have a hockey player’s face. So, I don’t want him on the team. To be fair, Sergei Cause-It’s-In doesn’t look like a hockey player either, unless, of course, we’re talking The St-Joseph Oratory Choirboy Pickup League, but he more than compensates for it by being clinically insane. And, speaking of Crazyboy, I expect each and every Hab to have an ego; it’s a prerequisite to success. Do you think Roy didn’t park his red unjalopy by the front door of the fruit store in Pierrefonds, presumably to expedite his fruit purchases, while the great unwashed tucked their rusty K-Cars and bulbous Caprice Classics into the pre-designated parking grid and undertook the trek to the door? You bet he did. With a big screw-you-I’m-Patrick-Roy-and-you’re-not grin on his face. I look forward to his #33 up in the rafters, where it deserves to be, along with the jerseys of other warriors whose only thought – only thought – was victory. Although I am once again digressing, I still remain quite optimistic about this upcoming series. Here’s why: · The Habs are a superior, more complete hockey team from back to front. · The Habs learned a lesson in the first round. Habs in five. Oh, and go f*** yourself, Don. JD

Can someone let me know what picture they see beside me?? is it the pic of koivu and kovy or is it the pic of jesus price? lol "12 'Till 25" "If I wanted to hear from an ass, I would fart..."

Does anyone know where I can find one of those updated playoff bracket thingies?? boone had posted one at the beginning of the first round.

if our habs play every game like we did game 7 vs bruins than wll win no 25 !! glad its philly not rangers.we can skate circles around big and slow.go habs go!!!

Okay, "Crystal Ball" time. No, not the Styx album. Habs over Flyers in 5 or 6, Rangers over Penguins in 6, Sharks over Stars in 4 and Avs over Wings in 7. What do all your balls tell you?

No matter who we would've played (Flyers or Rangers), we would end up booing someone. Rangers: Avery, Jagr Flyers: Briere Lucky for us that we don't have to play the rangers. I don't think we would be able to pull off those 5 goal comebacks every time. Now whoever eliminates who in the Rangers and Pens series will make it much easier. One team has to go down, so it's glad its between them two. Habs are still to play a team that they lost to in the regular season which is a good sign. We are back to playing our style of hockey and not that hitting style the Bruins play.

HAB-PROFESSOR - Like krob, I too tried to defend you, and got flagged as potential spam. I hope that's not a trend! :) You are a passionate fan, and I think that's great. I also pointed out that you had commented several times, and that the poster should read before accusing. I hope I am not flagged again. GO HABS GO!!!

What I like about this is that the in-game matchups favour the Habs. The Flyers have the Timonen/Coburn pair that they'll try to ice against the Koivu line. That leaves Hatcher, Jones and Smith to cover the Pleks/Brothers line. Meanwhile, I like the mobility of the Habs' defence, especially if Markov is feeling better. We'll see Komo/Markov against Richards and Hamrlik/O'Byrne or Breeze against Briere. http://habsloyalist.blogspot.com

No Calder for Carey!! Toews, Kane or Backstrom!!

At the beginning of the last game they were announcing our starting lineup and I noticed they only said higgins and Koivu and then went to the D, I looked at my dad and said Kovalev with Saku? and sure enough...... I was saying that I didn't like the fact that we were making changes in a GAME 7, just as I said that, Kovalev does a behind the back, off the backboard move and shut me up. That my friends was a bold move by Carbo, not to mention the Kostitsyn's playing together. Can't wait to see the lines for tomorrow.

Dave, I'm not sure where to post this or how to contact anyone other than to do it this way. Yesterday I replied to a post and a popup came up saying my post had been flagged as possible spam, and that it would only be put on the site after a site administrator reviewed it. Not sure what could possibly have been spamish about it. As of today it hasn't been posted. Are there rules somewhere that we can see regarding what type of content gets flagged this way? My post was simply disagreeing with someone regarding Don Cherry. Maybe that viewpoint is being censored? (just kidding)

Unfortunately, I think a large part of this series will depend on the quality of the officiating. In the games that the Canadiens played against the Flyers this season, the Habs took full advantage of the dumb penalties and Broad Street Bully-mindedness of the Flyers to make them pay. Given how the first round has gone, the refs were fairly inconsistent and it is abundantly clear that they are not calling playoff games in the same way that they did during the regular season. On some nights, the whistle is put away, on others it seems like the refs are only interested in handing out an equal number of penalties to both teams. The Flyers have a bunch of players for whom goonery is essentially the only reason they're up with the big club. I can only hope that with half the number of series being played, the best officials will be on the ice. It's going to be a rough and tumble series, and surely entertaining!

Re Flyers/Caps and the second goal. When in doubt, check the rules.... as in 67C which reads quote A minor penalty shall be imposed on an attacking player who deliberately checks a defensive player, including the goalkeeper, who is not in possession of the puck. unquote The Caps should have, immediately after the goal was allowed, put that rule on the scoreboard for the crowd to see and hopefully have them chant 67C just to humiliate those to incompetent clowns. So we have the goons moving on and we(hockey fans) lose Ov,Semin,Green et all for this. Habs better be prepared for this. Like Fred Shero used to say to his players back in the days of the Broad Street Bullies, "They can't call them all". The NHL loses credibility once again because of this discusting officiating.

I'm really looking forward to this series. Our crowd will certainly be a factor, especially if Briere is not as effective as he was in the first round. I really think the Habs can win this in 5 or 6 games, because Philly does not have the same calibre goaltending as Boston does. Their team defence is also not as effective, which should help Montreal with their speed. The Flyers take too many penalties, and if the Habs fix their PP woes, the series will be over fast. And... who could forget the last time these teams met in the playoffs? Chelios with an elbow to Brian Propp's head (pretty dirty hit) in game 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaHQ5mLiL1w ...and Hextall's response with a minute to go in game 6: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8B4dlCO030 I'm not hoping for those type of antics in this series, but there will definitely be some hatred between these teams by game 2 or 3. Go Habs Go!

Nice to see Quebec representing there whole Country for Lord Stanley's Cup. From the Rock to the Pacific, and even the Toronto media might take notice of the new NHL dynasty in the making.

After Boston, I'm not going to make any predictions about five games, six games, or whatever. But we can beat any team in the league, and we can beat this one better than most. 1. www.flickeringpictures.com - not a hockey site, but still kinda neat 2. Josh Gorges on Montreal's attack: "They're comin', they're comin' and they keep comin'. Just line after line, wave after wave..."