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From: lor@ucla-cs.UUCP
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Subject: Re: NHL playoffs
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Date: Fri, 26-Apr-85 19:19:53 EDT
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Posted: Fri Apr 26 19:19:53 1985
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Reply-To: lor@ucla-cs.UUCP (Kar-Wing Lor)
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	Are the Oilers better than the Flyers? Definitely! 
When they don't play as well as they can but still coast to victories,
it's a hell of a team! Look how they squeezed past the Kings
and the first game against the Jets. Gee, they have characters.
The same character that brought the Celtics the NBA title last year. 
When you play well and win, like the Flyers do, that's neccessary but
not sufficient to be a champion. When you do NOT play well and 
win, that's the sign of a champion. You have enough talent to win.
Have you seen New Jersey or Toronto play a subpar game and win? 

	The Flyers have been red hot for more than two months.
They won 22 out of the last 24 (?), but haven't they peaked too
early? Look at the Oilers, they just get out of a slump, and
they are going to turn hot. You have to peak in May, not 
March or April, to win the Stanley Cup.

	As for my prediction (this is a better time to predict):
Assume Montreal can eliminate Quebec, and the Islander dream is over. 

Montreal - Philadelphia: 
	Either Montreal in seven or Philadelphia in six, it doesn't matter.

Edmonton - Chicago: 
	Oilers in four or five.

Edmonton - Montreal/Philadelphia:
	Whoever gets out of the Philadelphia/Montreal series is 
too beat up to survive the Oilers. One definite advantage the
Oilers have is their easy road to the cup final every year, 
while the team in the Wales conference always comes
out of a blood bath. The Oilers are DEFINITELY going to repeat.
Oilers in five.

Remember, you heard it here first.

-- 
					Eddy Lor
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