[trader220]

JJ your honor is intact and I appreciate your offer but nothing is necessary. I am glad the Flyers won and I am looking forward to the Finals. I make it to Montreal a couple times a year and perhaps we can meet up and you can buy me a beer sometime.

Finals Matchup:
The Hawks present a much different problem which the Flyers have not faced. They are a speed team who has a much higher flying offense and faster puck moving defense than any of the three teams the Flyers have faced. The Flyers absolutely have to slow them down in the neutral zone, they can’t let the Hawks move through the transition game with lightening speed. They Flyers rely on 4 defenseman and they will wear down quickly if they have the play a much more up tempo game. Goaltending is a pick’em in my view both are basically unknown entities. Will one of the two goalies crack under the pressure? On a positive note the Flyers are as cohesive a team as I have seen in a long time. They appear to literally be a single unit with a single purpose.

Like most of us in the East I have not seen the Hawks play a whole lot save for a few payoff games and parts of the Flyers victory over them a couple of months ago. I would not read too much into that Flyers win since the Flyers were outplayed in that game and squeaked out a win with 2 seconds left.

Looking forward to a long exciting series!