NHLRS Thursday

[FlyersFan]

never fun when it's at the expense of your own team......but......

1-0 +2Units (2-0 +3Units including tail posted in flmmrz thread...thx flmrrz!).......been a great last couple weeks......

GL to everyone!

[FlyersFan]

4-1 NJD....man could you smell this one coming from a mile away.........awful spot for PHI and no Gagne....

[FlyersFan]

Pens game isn't going much better, getting out-shot 22-6 in the first is never a good thing, yet some people(even here at Predictem) blame Marc Andre Fleury for any defensive woes the Pens have. I actually heard a guy calling for Sabourin to be the #1 goalie......

tough sledding for PIT with no Whitney....that really hurts them on special teams and defensively. he is one of the top young defensemen in the East. Sabourin has been good latley, but we all know one guy who's hot now may not be in a month. One of PIT problems is they don't have a strong D and they don't have great 2 way forwards to help mask that. Long season, though, they have been Wildly inconsistent this year, not just game to game, but period to period.......

[NittanyLions94]

Pens game isn't going much better, getting out-shot 22-6 in the first is never a good thing, yet some people(even here at Predictem) blame Marc Andre Fleury for any defensive woes the Pens have. I actually heard a guy calling for Sabourin to be the #1 goalie......

[FlyersFan]

wow.....3-1 NJD E1st and it wasn't that close......Gagne out for PHI tonight which isn't helping them (or my fantasy team....:bang: ...and no spezza either....)

i think i heard Cusefan cheering....it was either him or the other Devil fan in the building.....:laughing: ....what a joke that giant SECTIONS of seats down low are empty for a Thursday night PHI/NJD game. If they don't go see PHI, who are they going to go see?......franchise's fans are a J-O-K-E.....

[NittanyLions94]

GL tonight FF, and last night was an aberration and 7/8 will likely be the scenario for the Pens/Flyers series this year :beerbang:

[flmmkrz]

flmrrz- THX!...yeah, the price is what kept me off the game, but i thought the line was really fishy which is why i debated playing it. VAN doesn't score much and Luongo hasn't been any great shakes either at 2.93 which is pretty close to kipper's 3.15. The only real thing that worries me is Mike Keenan is CAL coach. That guy hasn't had a successful coaching stint in ages and why people hire that guy is beyond me. He rubs players the wrong way and team after team has quit on him, and i am wondering if CAL players are sending a message to management that they don't like him or his style and they aren't going to play hard for him.

Luongo has turned it on as of late, 1 bad game vs the preds but really he's been good in 5 of his last 6. A couple of those nights he was about the only guy showing up. I think he's turned the corner where Kipper still looks like crap. His numbers vs his current form is a bit misleading. Keenan is a horrible coach, I lit up when I saw they hired him. Thankfully sutter is soooo prehistoric in his thinking that hiring someone who might be a breath of fresh air, a guy who could inspire his players instead of alienating them never crossed his mind.

[FlyersFan]

gsad- THX!......

[CuseFan10]

according to barry melrose, you have a 50/50 shot of leaving newark with your wallet after the game.....:laughing: .....newark mayor is all upset about that comment.....:laughing: ........travel in bunches tonight cuse.....:beerbang:

Yea, it's a lovely city. Carjacking capital of the world for years. :thumbs: Only Trenton is worse. It's a war zone.

[gsad]

Good luck today FF

[FlyersFan]

I'm heading to "The Rock" for the game tonight. Will be my first sojourn. Got my beers for the train, my plain clothes (I own no Devils gear), and am pretty excited to see the new home.
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according to barry melrose, you have a 50/50 shot of leaving newark with your wallet after the game.....:laughing: .....newark mayor is all upset about that comment.....:laughing: ........travel in bunches tonight cuse.....:beerbang:

[CuseFan10]

I'm heading to "The Rock" for the game tonight. Will be my first sojourn. Got my beers for the train, my plain clothes (I own no Devils gear), and am pretty excited to see the new home.

I hope WE win tonight... :laughing:

Wait, what? I'm going to the game so I payed money so I can say WE!!!!! :puke:

I'll spare you FF and not tail this play because I can't remember the last time I've been to a game that I bet on where they team actually covered/won. It's a pretty incredible streak actually.

[FlyersFan]

flmrrz- THX!...yeah, the price is what kept me off the game, but i thought the line was really fishy which is why i debated playing it. VAN doesn't score much and Luongo hasn't been any great shakes either at 2.93 which is pretty close to kipper's 3.15. The only real thing that worries me is Mike Keenan is CAL coach. That guy hasn't had a successful coaching stint in ages and why people hire that guy is beyond me. He rubs players the wrong way and team after team has quit on him, and i am wondering if CAL players are sending a message to management that they don't like him or his style and they aren't going to play hard for him.

[flmmkrz]

Re: Calgary and Vancouver. Given their current form I couldnt back Calgary at the price thats being offered right now. Flames look brutal and Phaneufs banged up, sounds like he'll play which kept me off the game but he wont be anywhere near 100%. That hurts them in transition, pp and pk. Canucks have been good on the road this year and looked impressive getting back to basics against the avs. Vancouvers had the long layoff so the d should have the legs to handle the flames forecheck. Kipper has looked awful and their pk is an absolute joke right now. Flames could very well win but at -160 the price isnt worth finding out imo. I dont trust them enough to risk going the -.5 route either and winning by 2 over Luongo? doubt it. Canucks are the value so it's them or nothing for me, so probably nothing for me unless I hear more info telling me Phaneuf looks really bad or isnt going. Just my take

GL tonight, riding the devils tonight as well.

[FlyersFan]

you know PHI papers are going to rail anyone......eagles fans booed santa claus...lol. I think there was and still is a lot of frustration from that "era" of PHI hockey which closed with the horrible 3-1 NJD series collapse where Lindros got nailed by Stevens. PHI was really bad in between their cup runs in the middle late 80's and then until the '94/'95 time frame. So there was a lot of hype and a lot of hope that went into those PHI teams and they never got it done. I agree on the goaltending. I think you could say the same about PHI defense.....the Red Wings skated around them in that '97 series like they were orange traffic cones, and Clarke did nothing to address that problem. Lindros was the face of that era in PHI hockey and the face of an era on a sports team either gets too much glory or too much heat depending on how things turned out. Just the way it is in sports.