The Lions' Pride

Not making excuses, just a lot of peeps, Philly (me) and Pens fans alike agreeing that Rinaldo is a loose cannon. FTR, I liked Asham until sunday. Unexpected, even for a "goon". Seen him get chippy and drop the gloves before, but that took it to a new level. I don;t even know what to say about Neal, he should have gotten more than a game for 2 very cheap shots. Is this game over yet.?...Let's move on to game 5.

Timeout? Lol Bylsma. Hope someone wipes thats smirk off his face on Friday.

Agree. Let's play hockey. It's much more exciting without the cheap shots.

Rinaldo's behavior was not surprising, except for the sucker punch; but Neal's was very surprising. Not the way to play!

There's a perfect example were Kubina and Cook should've just dropped the gloves and got it over with instead of back and forth cheap crap.

Is Grossman OK? What did Simmons do on that play to warrant a misconduct?

Not a big hockey guy but I thought this was pretty good from evil bill o'brien on twitter

If any flyers or pens fan ever complains about Ted roof's defense, I don't want to hear it

At least this game ended with no headshots and unnecessary fighting. Would have been nice to close out on home ice but we'll get em next time.

Brutal effort by the Flyers tonight. Bryz looks awful out there. Gotta wonder if that bone chip in his foot is bothering him. But poor gaps between the forwards and defense, no forechecking pressure at all, no emotion. Just awful.

I think we got ourselves a series here folks. Pens look like they got rolling and flyers looked lost. With a young team closing out of the series might be a lot harder than people think. As a flyers fan, consider me officially worried.

It's on Bryz AND the defense. He lost confidence in them, they lost confidence in him. For good reason, both have sucked all series, luckily the Pens' was worse games 1 through 3.

step back from the ledge.

If Pittsburgh wins game 5, and that is a big IF, and IF Fleury plays like he did in 2008, 2009 and last year, the Pens get to game 6 in Philly with confidence, then it's a series.

It's 3-1, and it's not a series yet. It'll be a series if and only if, Pittsburgh wins game 5.

if they are fortunate enough to get to a game 7, it's anyone's guess, but it's not something Philly wants. It starts with 1, and they got that tonight. They gotta win another one on Friday.

Melrose said: Pittsburgh won 12 games in a row this year, they are more than capable of winning 3 and getting to game 7.

i saw that comeback as well, but theres a reason they only happen every 30 years, its not easy..

i have concerns, as i should, but im not on the ledge by any means of the imagination. holmgren's put together a great team with great character. like george michael said, "gotta have faith!" (gay but idc)

I agree Fleury might be getting some confidence from some nice saves, but those first 2 goals were pretty soft, but that is usually the way it is with Fleury when he is on his game...Make some amazing clutch saves but leave up a couple softies. Not leave up 8 softies a game and make no amazing saves.

It's pretty obvious why Simmonds was tossed. The zebras weren't going to let it get out of control. Simmonds and Vitale were clenched; jawing back and forth and ready to go. If you think Simmonds didnt warrant a misconduct, neither did Vitale.

Not sure who that favors. Tonight was very tight - the tightest I've seen.

I will be interested in seeing tomorrow's Phoenix v. Chicago game. That is a VERY VERY chippy series and lots of bad blood. Smith gets run by Shaw; Torres runs Hossa ... that can get out of control very quickly.