I don’t believe in an asterisk for the shortened season. We all know that the playoff tournament is the only real test the other 82 games are just to pay the salaries and have some entertainment.
Being hot at the right time is the formula to win the cup and the Hawks were/are hot right now but that won’t mean squat come playoff time unless they are so consistent that they can stay this way.
As far as great players, I agree number 4 changed the game from what it was to what it became and still is and despite the fact my Flyers won in 74 watching Orr play while I was a 10 year old in the stands during our cup run was riveting.
There was another pretty good defenseman who had a nice long career with the B’s but had to go elsewhere to get the cup he deserved. Ray Bourque was always one of my favorite players and still is one of my all time favorite players.
I will admit it, I don’t like the Pens, and I don’t like Crosby. I am also man enough to realize that he is the best player in the world as we speak and I respect that.
Someone please tell me how the Habs are doing this? I don’t see a lineup that strikes fear in me and I can’t believe they will be there deep in the playoffs.
It sucks being a Flyers fan right now. It looks like the traded away the right goalie and have an average guy at best. They put all their eggs in one (or two) baskets trying to sign the highest priced free agents and came up empty. While in the mean time they lost Jagr and any chance at anyone else. They can’t score consistently but on a good note they also play undisciplined at times and can’t play defense either!! Homer must go?
My last…. Looking at the picture of Orr you guys posted always conjures up thoughts of who is my all time favorite player… Number 11...MM.
Everyone knows me well at the rink I play at. For most of the 2000’s I was there 5 or 6 days a week as a player and a coach with the little Flyers. When I sign in on the score sheet for my over 40 men’s league game I still sign in as Mark Messier. Yea it’s a joke and I know all the refs so they don’t confuse me with MM.
Oh and that’s me holding up my son last year with the cup. It was in the Phila Daily News.
