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It turns out that Paul Holmgren still has a few cards up his sleeve. If for some reason - God forbid - the series should turn decidedly in favor of the Chicago Blackhawks, the Flyers GM knows how to motivate them. In a little know pre-season signing, the  Flyers picked up much-maligned North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Il . The thought at the time was that the diminutive dictator would be a strong motivation voice in the locker room if the team got off track. Kim's at his signing back in September "He's got a proven record of motivating people when they have little incentive to be motivated," said Holmgren.

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I know we're going into the vault a bit lately, but I couldn't let this gold just sit undiscovered in the stacks of the internet, so here's a history of this blogs fallout with Ben Eager. Very simply put we were very hopeful for Ben coming into the 2007-08 season. And basically he just stopped fighting and wasn't doing ANYTHING offensively. So we started with some threats, and then he got beat up by Gary Roberts after pussing out against Ultimate Fighter, and then he got shipped out, and then we really started hating him. And then Lee DeWyze and Crystal Bowersox were in Chicago with him. And that was the end of that. Here's the threat: http://flyers07-08.blogspot.com/2007/11/real-day-43-much-ado-about-nothing.html Here's the Roberts fallout: http://flyers07-08.blogspot.com/2007/12/day-70-flyers-8-penguins-2-16-10-2.html   Here's news of the trade: http://flyers07-08.blogspot.com/2007/12/day-76-part-two-post-game.html   And here, we hate on him: http://flyers07-08.blogspot.com/2007/12/day-77-ghost-of-flyers-past.html   And then he scored 10 effing goals. F-face

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In all the talk about Pronger, there's one guy who people often miss in the discussion of defensemen. He's quiet, sturdy and effective. He's every bit as much of a shutdown stalwart as #20, and he's silky smooth. He's Timo. His sub-plot in this whole media mayhem is exactly the reason why I'm super confident that the Flyers will win the Cup.

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The Blackhawks have a star studded lineup with Kane, Toews, Hossa, Sharp, Keith, Seabrook, and Eager, but they also have a number of faceless role players. These are the guys that do their jobs well enough to allow those other guys to score goals - their version of Betts, Asham, and Krajicek. We'll be profiling these nameless, faceless, assless workers all week. #22 Troy Brouwer - Left Wing Troy Brouwer is the epitome of your lucky late round draft pick turning out to be a pleasant surprise. Where over the years we've gotten Brad Phillips, Anderi Popov, Matt Clackson, Mathieu Brunelle, Thierry Douville, and David Printz in the 7th round, the Blackhawks got Brouwer with the 214th pick of the 2004 Entry Draft. The year the Hawks drafted Brouwer he had put up 47 points in 72 games with Moosejaw of the Western Hockey League.

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I must reiterate that I am not doing this to put the screws to Flyers fans. We've been in this situation before as fans. No one on this current Flyers team has been in this position - meaning on a Philadelphia team in a Championship game. It's important for us as fans to be ready for anything, and to be able to celebrate that Game 1 win so hard that you wake up in a dumpster. In the same vain, it's important to remember that just because you're the favorite, as the Flyers were in this series, you still have to go out and play the games. So while your glaring fandom is causing you to believe the Flyers will win in 6, and the Vegas odds and expert analysis are on the surface causing you to be indignant, but underneath are a source of a bit of anxiety, keep in mind that anything can, and will, happen.

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Am I a prophet? Yes. Mohammed Renberg, pleased to meet you. I wrote this way back in September. And now I'm reposting it, not because I'm lazy (which I am), but because it's very fitting. Leave me alone

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