It's the old what have you done for me lately deal.

Sox is going to be 5 years removed from their championship this October, currently 6 games under .500 (understood still alot of basebalfl to be played)

Cubs 5 games under .500 and seem to have a ton of issuses

Bulls, can honestly say I haven't watched that much basketball in a while, but it just didn't seem like the Bulls generated that much as a buzz as far as being a sleeper team that could go deep into the playoffs. Besides, didn't they just fire their coach anyway?

I'm not saying they don't suck now, but there were some good teams in the past and that's why I was surprised to read about the ratings.
And yes, this is offically beat to death..(need an emicon for that)

The FlyGuys sure picked a HELL of a time to be playing their best ball of the year. Backs to the wall.

I still say, and many agree, that their best game of the series was game 3 when they lost 4-1. They outplayed them in every facet, except goaltending. Rask was standing on his head early on in the series, but looks pedestrian as of late.

Ouch, the Bruins blow a 3-0 lead and lose to the Flyers.

Blow a 3-0 series and 3-0 lead in game seven. That is not easy to do.

What an incredible Stanley Cup playoffs.

Bruins simply laid over. Watching the last 10 mins of the 3rd, Philly outworked the B's handily.

Who would have thought 7-8 for the conference final?

Habs in 5.

Melrose called the loss the worst in franchise history. Can't say I disagree. That was brutal.

I'm JUST about to lay down until about 4.

What a game. What a timeout by Laviolette. Boston had it's glory on thursday night. All-time choke, both in game and series.

The easy thing to say now is that the Stanley Cup is being played between Sharks and Hawks...The Hawks owned the East this year, but that miracle win by the Flyers will still be fresh. I just don't see the Habs keeping this up...

Flyers vs Hawks

OMG..

Hawks in 5:tro:

Mike...fire away

Habs match up well with many teams. They have guys who can score and the can play very defenisive at times (almost full lockdown mode). And if Halak could somehow continue to play to his current form, the Habs have a big shot to win it all.

Nothing like a hot goaltender to make your defense better. I love the way this is playing out. Stanley Cup playoffs are the most exciting thing going in sports this time of year. I personally can't stand the NBA and have never been a big baseball fan (Cubs fan) so the idea of the Habs playing in the finals would be cool. That city goes nuts for their team and it would be good to see them have a resurgance.

i really think the habs go to the finals. i don't think the flyers will be able to beat them.
told my son i thought the west would win the cup.

DAY 1

All according to plan..Flyers roll Habs and Hawks win one of the best games I've seen in a while.

here come the hawks the MIGHTY black hawks..i miss jack brickhouse as the
voice.

The Flyers really looked good last night. But it's just game one.

Hard to believe stat - during the playoffs, Montreal has lost very game that they have out shot their opponents.

[quote=Patrick333;648756]The Flyers really looked good last night. But it's just game one.

Hard to believe stat - during the playoffs, Montreal has lost very game that they have out shot their opponents.[/QUOTE]


That is strange

Thankfully, Jack Brickhouse never called the Blackhawk games.

A renowned booze fighter, whore monger and general good guy about town, Brickhouse was a raconteur extraordinaire for the Chicago Cubs during a 30+ year broadcasting career of the most god-awful baseball ever sustained by one team in the history of major league baseball.

Brickhouse and Irv Kupcinet teamed up for several years on WGN radio going Chicago Bears football games and in so doing formed the most inept broadcast team in professional football history.
The duo reached their zenith on a frigid December afternoon at Wrigley Field in the mid-1960's when the Bears lined up to kick a game-winning field goal against their arch rivals, the much-hated Green Bay Packers. Mac Percival, who earlier that year gained Chicago Bear immortality when one of his field goal attemts hit his center square in the ass, came onto the field for an unheard-of attempt of 42 yards. A converted lineman, Percival was challenged both by distance and accuracy by any kick greater than a 100 feet.
While everyone in a five state area listening to the broadcast knew that the Bears were kicking for the win, the two broadcasters airing the event somehow missed that fact. Both 'professionals' were mystified both by the fact that not only were the Bears trying a 42 yard extra point, but also by the fact that the phantom touchdown eluded them. Demonstrating their unique pigskin acumen, Brickhouse and Kupcinet began screaming from the broadcast booth to the referees somewhere below that the game should be over because of the "game-winning" touchdown. It mattered not to Brickhouse or Kupcinet that between them and the referees were two decks and 40,000 delirious fans. The integrity of the game dictated that they should alert the refs to the crime about to be committed.
As Percival's kick miraculously sailed through the uprights for a Bears victory not one person across the Midwest dialed into WGN heard "the call". Precisely as the kicked was launched, Brickhouse managed to drop his binoculars from the booth down below onto the melon of an Andy Frain usher, creasing the poor bastard's skull and sending him to the emergency room with a concussion.
A legend, indeed. You just don't get that kind of a call from today's talking heads.

who would tink?

who called the games in the stadium?

Pat Foley?

Red Wings on a 2-1 breakaway, shot BANNERMAN!

Not until the early '80s. He was the radio guy for the great Grand Rapids Owls in the late '70s.

Bannerman's best season IMO was in the early 80's maybe '82 when Tony O was getting older. Remember a great playoff series that year with the North Stars (Hawks won) and pretty sure Foley was around for that.

Lloyd Petit for 17 years, 4 years of dead air with nondescript 'personalities' followed by 25 years of Pat Foley.

DAY 2

A very good evening

:D

Twas a very good evening all around. Let's just hope that your prophecies end with the Conference Finals. ;)

Flyguys are playing some STELLAR puck for Pete Laviolette right now on all fronts. Sad to say though, that the Western Conference teams seem to be on their own level of existence. Anything can happen though.

There's a neighborhood kid around here that has been in a wheelchair for his whole life. He BLEEDS orange and black, probably more than I bleed Eagle green. He's been hospitalized with complications of his illness ever since the day after game 5 of the Bruins series. I bumped into his sister yesterday, and she said it seems like half the hospital watches the game in his hospital room. She told me that Timmy just KNOWS that this is their year. I'm inclined to think along those lines as well, esp. with Leighton transforming into a brick wall like he's been.

It has been 21 years since I lived in the philadelphia area and the flyers are the only team I have stuck with from philly. I still have a Tim Kerr and Tochett jerseys laying around. It would be great to see a Blackhawks/Flyers cup. I can still remember as a little kid ripping a slapshot at the flyers carnival against Hextall. Bobby Clark lived in the neighborhood next door and had a pool shaped in the flyers logo. Hope this is the year, especially for your neighbor Timmy! It has been 35 long years!

Who's that Leighton kid..oh yeah..an ex HAWK:D

I'm glad for him..he was here when the team the Hawks put in front of him was pathetic at best and beyond description. He always tried hard and never bitched about anything. Good to see him get what he deserves

Bob,

Since my Pens are out of it I will rooting for your Hawks.

:)

So far so good for the Flyers.

Go Habs....I hate to see a sweep. Not that I ever liked Montreal, but come on make a series of it!

I'm sure Bettman called the fix in to the refs. Disgraceful the amount of missed calls in tonights game thus far, but none more embarrasing than Pronger's whiff of the clear attempt.

Flyers look a half step slow.

As a season ticket holder to the Adirondack Phantoms this year...


Go Habs!!!

HAWKS!!

Going Sunday...would be a dream to see them clinch

Good Luck GBBob, i didnt think the Hawks could do it. As they say in Chicago, We Have A Winner In Town

Looking good for the Hawks...just hope the "Curse of Hossa" doesn't get them like it did the Wings and Pens.

lol. As a Flyer fan that appears to be our only hope (if they are lucky enough to advance). The Blackhawks look unbeatable if their goaltending holds up.

have fun bring it home!!

Talk about a rebound game by the Flyers!! If they continue to play like that, the Blackhawks are in for a surprise that they might not want.

Enjoy the game Bob!! May your dream come true!! I have my brother Matt working on tickets for tomorrow night's game here in the Delph. If he comes through, he can have my two Roy Halladay bobbleheads and a few extra dollars on top.

Girouuuuuuuuuuuuuuxxxxxxxxxxx!!! As the announcer said, "Giroux's a superstar, it's not a stretch, it's reality."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_Dn9CejwRc

Just wish the game was a couple hours later. First sunny/85 degree day.