Pre-Game Talk: Who do we want to play, Flyers or Islanders?

[The Macho King]

Game 7 coming up tomorrow. Who do we want?

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[LordZapp]

I'd prefer flyers

 

[Todd1a]

Not Barry trotz he will trap us to death

 

[Felonious Python]

Not Barry trotz he will trap us to death

I'm not too concerned about the trap this year, but the Isles do a good job keeping teams to the outside when they're in their own zone, which I think the Bolts are more likely to fall into.

 

[Flat Ronnie]

The Flyers. The only thing thst scares me about them is Hart.

 

[LightningStrikes]

Yeah, I prefer the Flyers as well. I think we're better defensively than them and they play a more open style of hockey that we will benefit from, especially our 1st line and chaos spreading 3rd line.

 

[Whoshattenkirkshoes]

3 overtime game 7?

 

[Five Alarm Fire]

The Flyers. The only thing thst scares me about them is Hart.

We've already outlasted one hot goalie (Korpisalo). I trust our ability to finish more than the Islanders/Canadiens.

 

[BoltSTH]

I voted Flyers, but then I will have to put up with the huge bias with NBC/NBCSN talking heads and play by play.

 

[Maelmoor]

Hmm, tough one. Either way I think it will be our toughest series yet, despite Boston being the best team out of them.

Islanders got a solid structure, while Flyers if they win have come back from 1-3 and won two (if not three) OT games. I think such makes any decent team dangerous.

 

[Felonious Python]

I voted Flyers, but then I will have to put up with the huge bias with NBC/NBCSN talking heads and play by play.

Philadelphia or New York.

Embrace the suck.

 

[JoVel]

Flyers thanks. But rip Vasi's stats with all the 7-6 and 8-7 games in that series.

 

[Volodya Krutov]

Flyers AINEC. Isles are a terrible match-up for us.

 

[Zeus Bojangles]

Flyers. At least they'll be more fun to play against than the boring Isles.

 

[DFC]

I'll take either. I think we can bust through the Isles' D and I think we could burn the Flyers in a more open game.

 

[Hoek]

I don't think Varlamov is as good as Korpisalo oddly enough, which makes the Isles less scary to me than they would be otherwise. But I hate boring games so Flyers I guess. They've just been sloppy as hell overall and I think we can exploit that.

 

[These Are The Days]

I'm not as concerned about the NYI as I was. The Flyers were down Coots, Farabee, not even playing Frost or Ghost, have a worse PP than us and managed to tie the series.


I do think both series are winnable and if we continue on track we will play for the Cup again

 

[These Are The Days]

I still prefer the Flyers however. AV is such a disastrous coach

 

[Flat Ronnie]

The true answer is: doesn't matter.

We are the best team left, let alone the best team in the league. There shouldn't be a team we can't beat. Its our cup to lose. Period.

There isn't one team as deep and talented as us with amazing players at key positions.

 

[DrMartinVanNostrand]

We should be able to beat the Islanders. Lets not kid ourselves about that.

But we should be able to roll the Flyers. Everything about that matchup sounds more manageable. The only downside to them is they would get last change more often than we would, but we're 4-0 without last change this postseason, so I don't really see that snowballing into a problem.

So, Flyers.

I'm not as concerned about the NYI as I was. The Flyers were down Coots, Farabee, not even playing Frost or Ghost, have a worse PP than us and managed to tie the series.


I do think both series are winnable and if we continue on track we will play for the Cup again

They managed to tie the series but needed an absolute metric ton of luck to do so. Outshot by nearly a 2:1 ratio (closer to 3:1 in regulation...shots were 48-18 NYI at one point) and won the game thanks to a fortuitously timed broken stick for an Islanders D. They had zero business whatsoever winning that game, but they did and it's over now and Game 6 is no guarantee of how Game 7 will play. It's a toss-up now.

 

[Volodya Krutov]

We beat Boston in 2017, 4-1 in a similar fashion; before being slowly "dismembered" by Trotz' Caps in ECF. Philly or New York, I would like to be as confident as you are guys, but this is not going to be a cakewalk either way IMO.

 

[DrMartinVanNostrand]

Both of our potential opponents that year were much better teams than either of our potential opponents this year, IMO. 2018 was either our long-time kryptonite, or the 2x defending Cup champions.

 

[Volodya Krutov]

From your lips to god's ears.

 

[Beerleaguer2019]

Flyers for sure. Only to not have to flip the switch back to the kind of hockey we had to play against CBJ.

switching styles from run and gun to slow and methodical to play the Isles will take an adjustment game and ain’t nobody got time for that

 

[DFC]

Still taking "either," but now I'll take either after a game with so many OTs they have to delay their flight to Edmonton.