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Barber: Flyers have goods to complete comeback

PHILADELPHIA -- Flyers legend Bill Barber knows a thing or two about big games in the Stanley Cup Playoffs.Barber, one of only three former Flyers players to be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame, had 53 goals and 108 points in 129 postseason games. He's also played in four Game 7s over his career, and boasts a 3-1 record in series-deciding contests.The 57-year-old Barber, now a scouting consultant with Philadelphia, is looking forward to Game 7 Friday between the Flyers and the Bruins at TD Garden in Boston (7 p.m. ET, VERSUS, TSN, RDS). For Barber, these are the games that last a lifetime."It won't be a moment because that's the every-day stuff," Barber told NHL .com. "This will be a memory game. I don't think they're satisfied with just battling back and making a series out of this. They'd love to get this game and go on to the next series; then there would be four teams remaining and who knows from there. You could toss a coin what could happen, so hopefully the Flyers keep thei...

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