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Scott Burnside: With all due respect to Kate Smith, we have a series
If the Flyers come back to win this first-round series, they can point to one of the young newcomers, not a big-name star, who provided the turning point.
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Scott Burnside: Toughest team may win this Penguins-Flyers series
The Flyers-Penguins series may not have started out as a tough-guy competition, but that's how it may finish, with the toughest team moving on to the second round.
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Scott Burnside: No more doubts about Penguins goalie Marc-Andre Fleury
Last season, Marc-Andre Fleury couldn't escape the doubters. Now? He's calm, cool, and leading the Penguins in the first round. And he won't stop grinning.
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Scott Burnside: Flyers, Penguins try to stay focused for pivotal Game 5
There is the playoff abyss, and then there is the playoff oasis of the next round. The Flyers and Penguins are both trying not to get caught up in their respective situations.
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Scott Burnside: Instead of putting hammer down, Pittsburgh Penguins come out...
Instead of showing the sense of purpose that marked their play through the first three rounds of the playoffs last season, the Penguins turned in a strangely dispassionate performance in Game 5.
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2012 NHL Playoffs: Philadelphia Flyers Claude Giroux making case as best...
This series was a coming-out party for Claude Giroux, who came within a point of tying a franchise record with 14 points in six games. He had a goal and two assists on Sunday and was a constant...
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Devils expect Giroux-less Flyers to step up
PHILADELPHIA -- There is something a little cyclical about the dynamics of Game 5 of this Eastern Conference semifinal series between the Philadelphia...
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NHL - Claude Giroux is ready for the challenge of the Philadelphia Flyers'...
Claude Giroux feels he is ready for the heady challenge of taking on the Philadelphia Flyers' captaincy, writes Scott Burnside.
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They don't take away points for ugly
PHILADELPHIA -- Hockey came home Saturday afternoon. It came home to the familiar chants of "Crosby sucks!" from the largest crowd -- 19,994 -- to ...
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Crosby-Giroux rivalry off to a cool start
PHIADELPHIA -- If we accept that the Philadelphia Flyers and Pittsburgh Penguins enjoy one of the most heated, emotional rivalries in all of pro sport...
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Ramblings: Complaints, castaways and canned coaches
So, we are now a week into the NHL calendar, with no shortage of storylines and sidebars. Sounds like the perfect time for more ramblings. Clarke t...
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Ramblings: Sharks get revenge; can Kaleta change?
It didn't take long for the week's high-profile tilt between the unbeaten San Jose Sharks and unbeaten St. Louis Blues to turn ugly Tuesday....
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Sochi Olympics - No easy answers for Team Canada
With so many weapons to choose from, how could Team Canada possibly go wrong in selecting its 25-player squad? The truth is that it could go very wrong.
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Claude Giroux still bothered by Game 7 loss
NEW YORK -- In the ongoing education of Claude Giroux, it's hard to imagine a season that provided greater ebbs and flows than the 2013-14 campaign. ...
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Philadelphia Flyers' Claude Giroux feels 'better,' but no timetable
Flyers captain Claude Giroux is ahead of schedule in his recovery from an upper-body injury sustained in the opening moments of training camp, although there remains no timetable for his return to...
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