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Originally Posted by transjen

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so that means it's the Flyers vs the Bruins agian so here's hopin for a repete of last year but not in seven this year lets do it in five ...

Originally Posted by shadows

... I think the Flyers will beat Boston in 6 games. Philly is a lot tougher than Montreal was(no offense to Ila, but Montreal and Philly are two teams with totally different styles) and I am not sure how much punishment the Bruins will be able to take.

Of course, Philly had goaltending issues in the first round so that could make all the difference.

You are both so quick to dismiss the Bruins' chances. I understand it from you, Jen, since you're a Flyers fan and have a completely reasonable bias. But shadows, you have touched on why the Bruins will be such a difficult opponent for Philadelphia: goaltending. Add to that Pronger's weakness (lingering problems with his hand). Nor do the Flyers have the speed of Montreal, which gives Boston more time to set up their strong offensive game. And you can be sure the Bruins are not going to go 0-21 on power play goals ever again.

I will say this about the Flyers. What they lack in the theatrics of pretending penalties should be called (a specialty of the Habs; Subban's bullshit last night should get him a suspension for a new category of penalty called "epic time wasting crap"), they make up for in brute force.

It will be a tough series. Bruins in 6.