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How Philadelphia is feeling about tonight's game

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Philly's ready to rumble with Carolina tonight

So look, you walkin' down Broad Street this morning, grabbin' your coffee from Wawa, and the whole city's buzzin'. It ain't just the caffeine, either. The Philadelphia Flyers are on a tear, winnin' the last jawn, and people are feelin' it. You hearin' it on the El, in line for a cheesesteak over at Tony Luke's – everyone's talkin' about how this team's got that fight, that grit. We're sittin' third in the Metro, right? Nobody thought we'd be here, certainly not the jabronis talkin' junk down at the Linc. We're feelin' good, real good, but it's that nervous good. Like when you know you got a fight comin' and you're ready, but you also know the other guy's gonna throw punches.

The big talk around South Philly, from Passyunk Avenue all the way up to Fishtown, is about these young guys stepin' up. They ain't playin' soft, they're hittin' hard, blockin' shots with their faces if they gotta. That's the Flyer way. People are sayin' this ain't no fluke, that this Philadelphia Flyers team has found its identity, that Broad Street Bully mentality is back. And tonight, against the Carolina Hurricanes, everyone expects 'em to go out there and leave it all on the ice. No one's checked out, trust me. It's electric, man. Pure electricity.

No one likes us — and we don't care. Mags, MiTL, Philadelphia.

Yo, my guys on the morning show, they're choppin' it up about this every day — you gotta check 'em out live at mornings.live.

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