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From: jmd@rduxb.UUCP (Joseph M. Dakes, AT&T Bell Labs, Reading, Pa.)
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Subject: Re: NHL playoffs
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Date: Mon, 29-Apr-85 14:21:05 EDT
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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? 

In response to your first question - Definitely Not!  Sure the Oilers have
character and they're a fine team but you have to admit the Flyers are too.
The Flyers just finished blowing out the Rangers and the Islanders (Stanley
Cup finalists for the last five years).  Against the Isles at playoff time
its play well and win or watch the Stanley Cup Playoffs at home.  Beating LA 
and Winnipeg by playing well or not does not a champion make.

> 	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.

Add to that the Flyers winning 6 out of 7 in the playoffs.  Seems like they're
just beginning to peak to me.

> 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
> 					...!ucbvax!ucla-cs!lor
> 					lor@ucla-locus.arpa

Assuming Edmonton gets past Chicago and the Flyers beat Quebec, I'll take the
Flyers in 6.  Good pitching beats good hitting everytime and the way Pelle
Lindbergh and the Flyers defense have been playing in the playoffs you gotta
believe.

						Joseph M. Dakes
						AT&T Bell Laboratories
						Reading, PA
						rduxb!jmd

P.S.
	I'll take the Sixers over the Celtics too.