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Talk Amongst Yourselves: Flyers overcome early deficit, beat Penguins 6-4

Jaromir Jagr, Craig Adams

Philadelphia Flyers’ Jaromir Jagr (68) collides with Pittsburgh Penguins’ Craig Adams (27) in the first period of an NHL hockey game in Pittsburgh, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

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The comments section is open. Go say what you think. No big whoop.

Here are a few topics:

---- This is the second time in a row the Penguins have blown a 2-0 lead against the Flyers.

---- Philadelphia’s Jaromir Jagr and Maxime Talbot now have a combined seven points (5G-2A) against their old club.

---- The Penguins have looked like serious Stanley Cup contenders at times, but have only beaten Philadelphia once in five attempts. The Flyers might be the worst possible first round opponent for them, and the two appear to be on a collision course.

---- Pittsburgh has now allowed 41 goals in their last 11 games. Perhaps they should’ve listened to defenseman Brooks Oprik when he said this following Tuesday’s 5-3 loss to the Islanders:

“It’s been probably six games, maybe, if you look at the goals-against, the chances-against, we’ve been giving up way too many. I guess it’s our approach going into games -- outscore rather than out-defend teams.

“If we come in with the mentality to out-defend, I think we’ll be fine. With the personnel that we have, I think we’ll get our chances. We’re just playing too open right now. The way we’re playing is kind of 50-50.”

--- A massive brawl erupted in the final minutes of the game after Pittsburgh’s Joe Vitale delivered a big hit to Danny Briere. Flyers head coach Peter Laviolette was incensed and engaged in a screaming match with Pittsburgh assistant Tony Granato (head coach Dan Bylsma also had some things to say.) We could certainly see a lot more of that in the first round.

Now go, talk amongst yourselves.

Talk Amongst Yourselves