Flyers Forum

Well, with the exception of the Carcillo benching, I was wrong about pretty much everything to do with game four. And I couldn't be happier. If I had one hundredth of the heart the Flyers showed on Friday, I'd probably have better things to do than write on a blog that nobody reads.

With that being said. I'm going with the Blackhawks again tonight. 4-1. I hate picking against my own team, but as great as the Flyers have played, it's still a game 5 on the road, and if Chicago doesn't show up tonight they are a worthless collection of losers and should all go play in Sweden next year alongside Peter Forsberg's corpse. Seriously. Anyone who watched the Olympics (or the first 3 rounds of the playoffs) knows Toews can perform on the big stage. They take this one, setting up for an epic game 6 on Tuesday.

Larry Craig

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Jonathan Toews.

No goals in the series so far, but he's too good for that to last any longer. Expect a big game from the Chitown captain tonight.

Flyers Forum

It was not my intention to turn this into a Flyers only blog, but as no one else appears interested in posting I really have no choice. To recap, if you read my game 3 previews you really didn't need to see the actual game. I was that good. So what will happen in game 4? Well, for one thing Dan Carcillo is going to be back in street clothes where he belongs. Laviolette has made some tremendous moves this postseason, but playing Carcillo was not one of them. To his credit Lavy figured this out midway through game 3 and DC rode the bench for the rest of the contest, but enough messing around, get Van Riemsdyk back on a line with Giroux and wait for the magic to happen.
The other main theme for tonight is that the Hawks will be ready to play. And that's bad news. Up 2-0 in the series, they didn't show much desperation on Wednesday, and the game still went to overtime. They'll be fired up tonight, and I expect them to beat the Flyers, 5-3.

Claude Giroux

Needs to step the F up tonight. He's the most talented player on this team and they should be able to get some favorable matchups for him at home.

Flyers Forum

Tonight it is do or die. The Blackhawks will not turtle like the Bruins did, so if the Flyers want to win this series they need to take both games at home. The issues that I mentioned in the Montreal series remain the key problems for this team. After admitting in a news conference that the 35 year old future hall of famer could not continue to play 30 plus minutes a night, Laviolette featured more of his 3rd pair of defensemen and cut Pronger's ice time in game two.

Meanwhile Michael Layton continues to be a guy who is big but struggles with controling shots and with his coordination. There is no way he should allow a goal to Ben Eager from that far out. He went down way to early, and then couldn't move his glove in time. Unlike the Canadians, the Blackhawks have the skill and speed to exploit his weaknesses.
That being said, man for man the Flyers were clearly the better team in game 2, and they will be even more desperate tonight. Look for the Flyers to score first and hang on for the win, 4-2.

Roland Garros

Tennis super agent Sam Duvall wined and dined me for four memorable nights in Paris. One highlight included player box tickets to watch Serbian mega-babe Anna Ivanovic on Court 1 (photo to the left was taken by the Maestro).

Here from right to left are: Super Agent Sam Duvall, Michael Stunt-Cock Greenway, and Bob Cobb.