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Sam Carchidi at Philly.com has these quotes from the Flyers on how they plan on finally defeating the Rangers today...Max Talbot..."Against Lundqvist, it's all about traffic, and try to battle hard in front of the net. They don't give much. They play really tight defensively, so it's about putting the puck there and fight for rebounds, because he's probably the best goalie in the league this year."Andrej Meszaros..."We have to outwork them and outskate them. They're a good transition team and they can score off the rush, so we have to play [better] defense."Meanwhile Jaromir Jagr feels confident going into the game..."Even though they're a great team, I still believe we can beat them."...as per the norm in a Rangers/Flyers game, expect a very physical affair. Rangers will need to keep their cool similar to last week when AHL superstars Sestito and Rinaldo tried to get them of their game....i anticipate the Flyers flying out of th...
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