How The Flyers Came Back

Before the miracle happened, only two other teams in NHL history completed a surging comeback after being down 3-0 in a Stanley Cup Playoff series. Well, after that miraculous comeback against the Boston Bruins, we can finally put the Philadelphia Flyers as part of those teams. They knew they were not out of it even when the Bruins won the first three games of the series. They powered back and as a result, won them the series and home-ice advantage against the 8th seeded Montreal Canadiens, who come off a series with the Pittsburgh Penguins, in which they knocked out the former Stanley Cup champions. But the real question here is "Is this a lesson for other teams in the playoffs, like the Sharks-Blackhawks series that's set to go on Sunday?" Of course it should be a lesson, not to just those teams, but to everyone in the league for seasons to come. Just because you're leading the series 3-0 doesn't mean they you should just give up and pack it and hopefully win Game 4 because you hope they're tired and think they're out of it. No. That's what the Bruins thought and look what happened to them. They got themselves kicked out of the playoffs. But everyone is at risk of this same fate too. Now I realize that they are only two other teams in the history of the NHL to do this, but this is something that is possible to happen to everyone. I'm glad the Philadelphia Flyers came back and took out the Bruins, because it is one of the rare occasions when you beat a team after being down 3-0. Well, congratulations to the Flyers for being able to overcome a deficit like that and win the series. There is still plenty of hockey left and you have to face the Montreal Canadiens, who are that tough after beating the two top teams in the East, the Washington Capitals and the Pittsburgh Penguins. They will indeed prove a challenge and a 3-0 deficit early for the Flyers might spell disaster, since Montreal's not Boston and they took what the Bruins didn't do and incorporated into themselves. Again, congratulations to the Flyers and the playoffs go on.