"Russian" Caps, High-Flying Habs, and now dangerous Penguins...

Monday May 05, 2008 @ 01:46 PM EDT

David currently plays FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth on the FOX drama Bones. Though he was born in Buffalo, David will be following his Philadelphia Flyers throughout Stanley Cup Playoffs.


First of all, I have a couple games I feel the need to comment on, since I haven’t been able to get to a computer lately.


So Game 4, when Briere scored that power-play goal in the third, I was dancing on the table. People must’ve thought I was nuts.


There was a scary moment for me during that game, however, and it didn’t have everything to do with the score. The signal went out on our screen, and I couldn’t watch for about 15 minutes early in the game and I was going nuts.


Luckily, we were able to put the feed back together, or I’d have had to bolt the set to watch the game and wrap my scenes up afterwards; more than a few people would’ve been annoyed with that, I imagine.


Anyway, that Game 4 was a pivotal game, with Briere scoring the goal after Montreal tied it up. I almost didn’t want to watch, with Montreal coming back, because it gets to be such a stressful activity. I stuck it out though, and I have to hand it to the Canadiens; the way they battled – it was a good series.


Montreal is such a skilled team, and things moved so fast in each individual game that the series felt like a whirlwind. To come out of Washington and go on the road in the Bell Center, to split their first homestand against the Canadiens, it was a fantastic feat.


Not to take away from the Habs – they have a ton of young players and that goaltender Price is going to be a great player, a hall-of-famer. He was struggling a little bit there and he was pulled for Halak in Game 4, but you can tell he knows how to play.


In fact, I thought Price played a pretty decent game in Game 5. The problem for him and the rest of the Canadiens was that the “puck-luck” was going Philly’s way this round. And he’ll be fine – he’ll work on his glove side, come back, and be the same goaltender he was in the last few weeks of the season.


Looking back on it, that was the turning point: the 3-2 goal. After that things kind of exploded. And it almost seemed like Philly was destined to win.


The more I watch this team, the more I realize that the Flyers are an exciting team to watch. With players like Richards, Briere, Timonen, Carter, Prospal – and even some of the younger guys that have stepped up – this team is fast, skilled, and willing to work.


And of course I can’t say enough about Marty Biron and how he solidified everything for us. It was a great series a lot of fun to watch. The last eight minutes of Game 5 were absolutely fantastic to watch; just great hockey. My son was going crazy – it was back-and-forth and that’s what I love about the game.


The speed and saves were great, both teams played their hearts out and it’s great to see everyone contributing. Our hats are off to Montreal – they’re a great organization.


Now, looking forward:


I’m going to enjoy playing Pittsburgh, I think – the all-Pennsylvania series. I’m not going to be as kind to the Pitt fans in this one as I was to the Habs fans. Philly is going to come out in Game 1 and set the tone, playing that physical style that has taken us this far already. It’s going to be pretty heavy.


And all you Flyers’ fans remember: Pittsburgh may have ducked us to get Ottawa in the last game of the season, but they can’t duck us anymore. Crosby, you can’t run – and know this! We can take care of Crosby and Malkin. We’ve taken care of the offensive Caps and the high-flying Habs, so next up is Pittsburgh.


They’re another great team with depth, just like Washington, just like Montreal. And we have the upper-hand in that the last time we faced them in the playoffs was when Primeau scored in the 5th OT to win it – and get this: last night’s 4OT thriller was the anniversary of that game! Ironic that it went like that.


So that’s my little Round 2 recap and Round 3 preview. The Cup is actually coming to visit the HOUSE set this week, and I’m going to make sure it stops by the BONES set as well, so I can take a look at it and give it a little Philly love and hopefully take some photos and post them up here.


It’s an all-Penn series, and I’ll break down Game 1 before Friday. I have to gather my strength. No ole! anymore – congrats to Montreal, Godspeed to the Flyers, and hopefully we take care of business and take the Eastern Conference and head on to see the best of the West.


We’ll see you soon.


DB

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