Quote Originally Posted by dirtyla2000 View Post
You could thank Leighton for the cup.My flyers played with more heart and talent.Leighton wont screw us next year though!
As a Blackhawks season ticket holder who has attended 90% of their home games and about 10 road games over the past three seasons, I don't know what "heart" or "talent" you missed watching them play, but The Chicago Blackhawks have a team that was four lines deep and three defensive lines that played all season with a desire to win The Stanley Cup.

I saw moments of greatness from The Philadelphia Flyers, a team that made the playoffs as a seven seed on the last day of the regular season and defeated a weak New Jersey Devils team, a confused Boston Bruins team (with an amazing 4 game, 3-goal deficit comeback) and the 8 seeded Montreal Canadians who upset Ovechkin and then Crosby before falling apart against the Flyers.

From the start of the season when ESPN The Magazine put the Hawks on the cover of their NHL Season Preview Issue until the end, The Chicago Blackhawks played with heart, skill and smarts that led them to the 3rd best regular season records and their first Stanley Cup in 49 years.

Bravo to The Flyers for making it six games deep into the finals, but a better team with more heart than this year's champions? I don't think that is a fair comment no matter who you rooted for.