Phightins

Yeah, it's pretty funny that the Phillies can lose 4 out of 5 in mid April and still be 2.5 up on the Mets.

Sharks and Avalanche went to OT for the third straight game. Joe Pavelski wins it.

Fractured toe for Gagne. Who knows if he'll be able to go on Thursday. Carter should be fine. Phew

Yeah. I'd be lying if I were to say I am an Ernie Sims expert. Even if he does have as many question marks as people in here are saying, for that low of a pick I can't really complain...

Hmm, so, Troy Glaus proved that he could not touch Ryan Madson's slider. So what does Ryan Madson decide to throw 1-1? Oh, of course, a juicy fastball right down the middle of the plate. Makes perfect sense. Oh well, at least the Flyers won tonight to make this bearable. We need Brad Lidge back...

Carter and Gagne are hurt pretty bad apparently. [expletive]. John Boruk

I must say, I am thoroughly impressed that a New York Giants fan is going to such great lengths to defend a Philadelphia Eagle.

The Eagles gave the 137th pick.

Lol I remember that story.

Happ was scheduled to go but his start is being skipped because he has a forearm strain.

JA Happ is not pitching this series. Roy Halladay on Wednesday and Jamie Moyer on Thursday.

The Flyers dominated the 3rd period and OT. It was the best 20+ minutes of hockey this team has played in months.

Actually I lied. After thinking about it, I have seen two incidents (that I can remember). The one time a Philadelphia fan did something completely unprovoked (at least I think it was unprovoked) was at a Flyers playoff game 2 years ago, when a Washington Capitals fan got pissed on in the bathroom. That was just disgusting and uncalled for. I also saw a pretty big fight at a Phillies-Mets game, but it was actually started by a Mets fan who called everyone in the section a [expletive] and then took the first swing (I believe there is video evidence of this somewhere). Other than that, I really have not seen anything at a game that lives up to that "Philadelphia reputation". I attend 20+ Phillies games a year, 10+ Flyers games, 10+ Sixers games, and 1 or 2 Eagles games if I am lucky. So I spend a lot of time down there. It really is no different than any other passionate sports city. I have seen fans of opposing teams have [expletive] talked at them, but usually it is in a non-serious manner. The only times they will legitimately be threatened is if they are obnoxious and talk serious [expletive] themselves.

Is he as sexy as David Wright?

Wow...

This is a good game. Pretty much every series has been incredibly competitive and fun to watch. This is why the NHL has far and away the best postseason.

Brodeur was [expletive]in incredible too. If he is out of the equation, Flyers win by 3 or 4 goals.

Wow....Ilya Kovalchuk had 0 shots on goal tonight. And they had EIGHT power plays.

Dan Carcillo!!!! What a game. Killed off 8 Devil power plays. The D is playing great. Braydon Coburn stepped up and had a very strong game. Mike Richards and Claude Giroux are playing IMO the best hockey of their career. Holy [expletive] what a win.

And apparently the definition of "hooking" is changing by the minute.

Unbelievable....enough with the soft penalties, just let them play. It's the [expletive]in playoffs.

Can't say I feel bad for Jason Marquis....how's that karma Jason?

Back at the Wachovia Center tonight for game 3. They have traditionally been a much better home team this year so hopefully that holds true here.

They never hit in cold weather. Got lucky with really warm weather to start the year, then what do you know...weather gets cold the past 2 days and they stop hitting. Cole Hamels looked very good at least.