That's the old saying, and Cindy and friends learned the hard way why it's unlucky as their 12 game winning streak gets ended in style over on Broad Street. The only thing that would have made this night better is if Carcillo had ripped off Crosby's pathetic excuse for a mustache out by the roots and slapped him in the face with it. Everything else was pretty much clutch...including Boosh. Still haven't seen enough for me to jump on the Boosh bandwagon that seems to be sweeping the Phaithful like a disease, I know all too well that the guy gets hot and then he gets refused sex at home or something and he cools off...and quick. I'd love to believe that he's finally turned the proverbial corner but after being in the league for 11 years and still being a backup, I think it's safe to assume the collapse is coming at some point. But for now, he's kicking ass and I'm fucking loving it.
Actually what would have made the game better would have been Noodle and Hartnell not missing the open nets that were smiling at them, but other than that it was a pretty solid game. I had some bullshit finals today but I managed to get home about 5 minutes into the second period so I saw a little over half of the game. From what I saw the Flyers are finally bringing their A game, and they brought it against Shittsburgh which makes the win twice as sweet. Unfortunately they couldn't end that worthless pussy Crosby's point streak but as far as I'm concerned that's collateral damage. And how about my boy Zherdev....again. I swear this dude is gonna score like 30 goals and the last game of the season he's gonna go over to the bench and give Lavy the finger and tell him to go fuck himself. I'm not gonna go on another rant about how stupid it is to scratch a guy with his talent but when he's already put up 10 goals with his ice time, I'm left wondering what he would have to do to stay in the lineup permanently, let alone moving up from the 4th line.
My point to be made, besides the giant LOL at Shittsburgh for blowing a 12 game streak against their cross state rivals, is the difference between the 2 teams. It was a great chance to see how a team with 3 solid scoring lines and an energetic 4th line and a rock hard defense core stacked up against 2 superstars, a solid goaltender and basically nobody else.
I looked at the rosters for both teams, when you look at the Flyers side you see, Richards, Carter, Giroux, Briere, Zherdev, JVR, Pronger, Timonen, O'donnell, Meszaros, and Leino. All or at least most of these names are pretty well known around the league, Richards has been tormenting the other 29 teams with his perfectly executed open ice hits and is currently leading the league in active players with shorties since the lockout. Carter is a bum but he's a high scoring bum, Groo...'nuff said, Briere has been a force ever since entering the league and was the captain in Buffalo so they know him well. Zherdev was always near the top of the charts for Colombus and was the Rags' leading goal scorer before he bolted for Russia. JVR was a 2nd overall pick a couple years ago and is starting to turn into a pretty decent power forward. Pronger...well he's Pronger. Timonen is the best Fin defensemen in like forever, O'donnell is so old and has been in the league so long that everybody that follows hockey is guaranteed to have seen him play at least 50 times. Meszaros was a first rounder for Ottawa and put up pretty good numbers there, and him and O'donnell are near or at the top in +/- this season and Leino is just pure fucking sexyness on skates.
When you look at the roster for the flightless birds it's a little thinner to say the least. You've got the obvious Cindy, Malkin and Fleury but after that...you really have to be a Shittsburgh "fan" to know anything about the rest of the players. Us Philly fans are, of course, familiar with some of the names like Letang, Asham...but then again everyone else in the Atlantic Division is familiar with that pussy, Martin, Orpik and maybe Letestu considering he was born in Philly. But we really don't know too much about these guys, and it's not just because Cindy is on their team either as most people outside Shittsburgh would suggest. We don't know much about them because they're not worth the effort of bothering to learn. I was made familiar with a pretty interesting stat today, not one of the players besides Cindy and Malkin have over 10 goals...not a single one, and the only reason Malkin makes the double digit list is because of the 2 goals he got tonight. Also...Crosby has like 53 points or something this season, which is impressive, as much as it pains me to say and the next closest guy has 27 points. Are we noticing a pattern here?
When you look at the Flyers, they have 5 players that have 20 points or more and 5 players with 10 goals or more. The team is so much more balanced than the other team that dares to reside in Pennsylvania. We have crisp passers and gifted shooters, we also have probably one of the most exciting lines to watch in Briere, Hartnell and Leino. Sure it's interesting to see some of the moves that Crosby can do, and sure he's an elite player....but what happens if he gets hurt? Who will the Penguins turn to then? If he got some kind of injury that kept him out long term (we can only pray), Shittsburgh would be in some real trouble...like possibly missing the playoffs trouble. If Briere or Giroux got hurt...yea it would definitely hurt the team but we'd survive. We certianly wouldn't go into every game praying for a miracle for us to win. Putting so much pressure on one guy to perform is a pretty stupid strategy in my opinion. Eventually he's gonna burn out or he's gonna get hurt and then the team is gonna suffer like no other. But that's their problem and not ours, good solid win for the boys in black tonight. Hopefully they can keep it up against that piece of shit Subban and his butt buddy Price tomorrow night....for now:
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Saturday, December 11, 2010
Our Bud Light Player of the Game is.......Boucher?
Yea I said it...Boucher. Anybody who either knows me or has read any of my previous posts knows that I like Boucher slightly more than Cindy, but I give respect when it's due and Boosh earned it tonight...wow what a game for no. 33. It's games like this that drive me up a fucking wall about this guy...he's capable of playing the way he did today but the next game he plays he'll probably fall back into the old Boosh we're so used to seeing. But enough of trashing him for tonight, let him bask in his glory for getting the W over that machine the B's got in between their pipes.
Tonight was pretty much as close to textbook Flyers hockey as you'll get. Superb puck movement, good solid checks, crisp passing, nice grinding in the corner, winning puck battles and just pure hustle...we also had the added bonus of supreme goaltending, all in all, it was an excellent day to be a fan of the boys in Orange and Black. Prongs made a pretty rookie mistake that led to the lone B's goal but Richie finally made an OT goal count (lol!) and the boys got their 2 points that they deserved. Even if they had lost, it really was one hell of a game to watch, great pace and awesome emotion in the whole game.
Moving on, Shelley made his case for him to be scratched when he gets back from his almost certain suspension he earned himself tonight. As much as I love our Flyers and hate all other teams, you don't push an opposing player from behind and send him face first into the boards...ever. One of my old coaches from my playing days told us if we ever hit someone in their numbers we would be doing nothing but sprints during practice and be sitting out for as many games as he saw fit, I believe Lavy should adopt this policy. This would solve some of the roster problems the Flyboyz have been having lately, at least for a little while.
Leighton is scheduled for a return tomorrow if I'm not mistaken, the CBA only allows for 1 extension on a conditioning assignment so he'll be making his return by the time Cindy and friends roll into town on Tuesday. Holmer, in all his infinite wisdom has gone on the record saying he wants to roll 3 goaltenders when Leights gets back. When we're already scratching a player every game because of roster issues, does it really make sense to add another bench warmer? No, not really. Unlike other bloggers I'm not gonna give my 2 cents on what I think they should do about the goalies, obviously I think Bobo should stay but as for the other 2...as much as I don't like Boosh, he's gettin shit done so far this season and Leighton hasn't played an actual game against NHLers since the preseason. It should be interesting to say the least over the next few weeks to see who goes where, but whatever Holmer decides, it better be the right call.
Zherdev was a healthy scratch again tonight, that pissed me off something fierce when I heard it...partly because he's in my fantasy league and I forgot to bench him before the game started so I had a useless player in my line up. But it mostly got under my skin because Zherdev seems to be paying a price for actually putting up some points while having to play with Betts and Shelley for most of his games. Yes, I understand he takes shifts off...yes, I understand that he's pretty irresponsible defensively...yes, he is a prick that doesn't talk to the media almost at all, or his mates for that matter...but as far as I know, we didn't bring him here to do any of those things. He was brought here to score goals, which he is doing. Holmer knew damn well when he signed him that he had attitude problems and could be lazy from time to time and wasn't really a 2 way player, but he still signed him and he did it for him to put the puck in the net. He's 5th on the team in goals scored with 9, a pretty impressive stat when you factor in he sees somewhere around 10-12 minutes a game. Seriously what else does the guy have to do? He's making the best with what he's got, he was given a brief opportunity early on to play with Groo and JVR but got banished to the 4th line pretty quickly and has either been there or the pressbox ever since. If I were him, I'd probably have an attitude problem too. He's no Ovechkin but he's definitely not 4th line material, hopefully he gets a chance to "redeem" himself and gets a permanent position on one of the higher lines with a gifted passer so he can start putting the puck in the net even more than he is now. Let's not forget that this guy is a rental, he's only here for 1 year. We're not gonna change his game, why would he change when he knows he's not gonna get a job next year unless he somehow nets 50 goals or something like that? It's not our job to try and shape him up, it's our job to take advantage of his over developed hockey skills so we can dominate the opposition. He's good but as far as I know, you can't score from the pressbox.
Tonight was pretty much as close to textbook Flyers hockey as you'll get. Superb puck movement, good solid checks, crisp passing, nice grinding in the corner, winning puck battles and just pure hustle...we also had the added bonus of supreme goaltending, all in all, it was an excellent day to be a fan of the boys in Orange and Black. Prongs made a pretty rookie mistake that led to the lone B's goal but Richie finally made an OT goal count (lol!) and the boys got their 2 points that they deserved. Even if they had lost, it really was one hell of a game to watch, great pace and awesome emotion in the whole game.
Moving on, Shelley made his case for him to be scratched when he gets back from his almost certain suspension he earned himself tonight. As much as I love our Flyers and hate all other teams, you don't push an opposing player from behind and send him face first into the boards...ever. One of my old coaches from my playing days told us if we ever hit someone in their numbers we would be doing nothing but sprints during practice and be sitting out for as many games as he saw fit, I believe Lavy should adopt this policy. This would solve some of the roster problems the Flyboyz have been having lately, at least for a little while.
Leighton is scheduled for a return tomorrow if I'm not mistaken, the CBA only allows for 1 extension on a conditioning assignment so he'll be making his return by the time Cindy and friends roll into town on Tuesday. Holmer, in all his infinite wisdom has gone on the record saying he wants to roll 3 goaltenders when Leights gets back. When we're already scratching a player every game because of roster issues, does it really make sense to add another bench warmer? No, not really. Unlike other bloggers I'm not gonna give my 2 cents on what I think they should do about the goalies, obviously I think Bobo should stay but as for the other 2...as much as I don't like Boosh, he's gettin shit done so far this season and Leighton hasn't played an actual game against NHLers since the preseason. It should be interesting to say the least over the next few weeks to see who goes where, but whatever Holmer decides, it better be the right call.
Zherdev was a healthy scratch again tonight, that pissed me off something fierce when I heard it...partly because he's in my fantasy league and I forgot to bench him before the game started so I had a useless player in my line up. But it mostly got under my skin because Zherdev seems to be paying a price for actually putting up some points while having to play with Betts and Shelley for most of his games. Yes, I understand he takes shifts off...yes, I understand that he's pretty irresponsible defensively...yes, he is a prick that doesn't talk to the media almost at all, or his mates for that matter...but as far as I know, we didn't bring him here to do any of those things. He was brought here to score goals, which he is doing. Holmer knew damn well when he signed him that he had attitude problems and could be lazy from time to time and wasn't really a 2 way player, but he still signed him and he did it for him to put the puck in the net. He's 5th on the team in goals scored with 9, a pretty impressive stat when you factor in he sees somewhere around 10-12 minutes a game. Seriously what else does the guy have to do? He's making the best with what he's got, he was given a brief opportunity early on to play with Groo and JVR but got banished to the 4th line pretty quickly and has either been there or the pressbox ever since. If I were him, I'd probably have an attitude problem too. He's no Ovechkin but he's definitely not 4th line material, hopefully he gets a chance to "redeem" himself and gets a permanent position on one of the higher lines with a gifted passer so he can start putting the puck in the net even more than he is now. Let's not forget that this guy is a rental, he's only here for 1 year. We're not gonna change his game, why would he change when he knows he's not gonna get a job next year unless he somehow nets 50 goals or something like that? It's not our job to try and shape him up, it's our job to take advantage of his over developed hockey skills so we can dominate the opposition. He's good but as far as I know, you can't score from the pressbox.
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
It's Miller Time
But not for a good reason. Boy the Phaithful are really gonna need to drown their sorrows after tonight's debacle...wow was that painful to watch. I didn't get to see the first and walked in right as they were showing Leino's goal on the replay before the faceoff. Seriously boys...what happened?
They seemed to have a little jump after Leino's goal, and they really had some life after my boy Zherdev's goal. The last good thing to happen in that game was the sick drop pass from Vils to Carle and the almost lazy tip in by Sideshow Bob to take a 3 goal lead. If I had known what was coming next I would have went right to the liquor store and bought myself a nice big bottle of Jack or some Captain Private Stock (yumm) so I didnt' feel like throwing my brand new flat screen across the room. Now we have a bit of an idea of how the B's fans felt last season after their team choked on the biggest dick in recent NHL history. The Sharks scored 3 unanswered goals in what like 3 minutes or some shit like that? Granted 2 of them were on a powerplay if I remember correctly and one of them was like 4 seconds after one had ended but still, that's just unacceptable.
Now I know many of you are gonna turn and point at the more than questionable officiating, and you'd be right to a degree. The Sharks most definitely got away with a couple, especially in the overtime, and the Flyers had a couple...let's say soft calls go against them but seriously guys, you can't blame the complete lack of effort and total break down totally on the zebras. Even Bobrovsky looked a little shaky tonight in goal, wouldn't surprised if it was Doosh in net tomorrow. Me and a buddy of mine had a theory that Lavy had a giant dildo in the locker room that he used on players that played badly on any given night, well tonight everybody's gonna be getting a go. It's a shame that we have to be so hard on them, for the first...45 minutes or so it was a pretty decent game. That last 15 minutes was so bad that it just completely overshadows all the positives from earlier in the game.
When that not so buzzer beating goal went in in overtime I knew something was up, when they Flyers are playing that terribly they never get any kind of break and end up pulling the game out of their asses. And does anybody else think that Groo just completely gave up in the shootout?? Where was the dangles...drop your shoulder...head fake...deke at least for christ sakes, he just walked right in and winged it wide. That was probably the worst part of the game for me. If anything I thought if the Flyers could hold off until the shootout the had a decent shot, Nitty isn't really that good and our shootout guys could have made short work of him....but yet again, I was wrong.
Tonight's positive: tonight's almost over and they play Toronto tomorrow.
That should be an easy bounce back game for them but it's Philly, you just never know.
They seemed to have a little jump after Leino's goal, and they really had some life after my boy Zherdev's goal. The last good thing to happen in that game was the sick drop pass from Vils to Carle and the almost lazy tip in by Sideshow Bob to take a 3 goal lead. If I had known what was coming next I would have went right to the liquor store and bought myself a nice big bottle of Jack or some Captain Private Stock (yumm) so I didnt' feel like throwing my brand new flat screen across the room. Now we have a bit of an idea of how the B's fans felt last season after their team choked on the biggest dick in recent NHL history. The Sharks scored 3 unanswered goals in what like 3 minutes or some shit like that? Granted 2 of them were on a powerplay if I remember correctly and one of them was like 4 seconds after one had ended but still, that's just unacceptable.
Now I know many of you are gonna turn and point at the more than questionable officiating, and you'd be right to a degree. The Sharks most definitely got away with a couple, especially in the overtime, and the Flyers had a couple...let's say soft calls go against them but seriously guys, you can't blame the complete lack of effort and total break down totally on the zebras. Even Bobrovsky looked a little shaky tonight in goal, wouldn't surprised if it was Doosh in net tomorrow. Me and a buddy of mine had a theory that Lavy had a giant dildo in the locker room that he used on players that played badly on any given night, well tonight everybody's gonna be getting a go. It's a shame that we have to be so hard on them, for the first...45 minutes or so it was a pretty decent game. That last 15 minutes was so bad that it just completely overshadows all the positives from earlier in the game.
When that not so buzzer beating goal went in in overtime I knew something was up, when they Flyers are playing that terribly they never get any kind of break and end up pulling the game out of their asses. And does anybody else think that Groo just completely gave up in the shootout?? Where was the dangles...drop your shoulder...head fake...deke at least for christ sakes, he just walked right in and winged it wide. That was probably the worst part of the game for me. If anything I thought if the Flyers could hold off until the shootout the had a decent shot, Nitty isn't really that good and our shootout guys could have made short work of him....but yet again, I was wrong.
Tonight's positive: tonight's almost over and they play Toronto tomorrow.
That should be an easy bounce back game for them but it's Philly, you just never know.
Sunday, December 5, 2010
Too Close For Comfort
I'll never ever understand how on earth the Flyers can dominate teams like...Minnesota, New Jersey, Ottawa, Carolina and so on, but come close to losing to the fucking Islanders. Like I said earlier, Philadelphia's biggest Achilles Heel is and always has been inconsistency.
The first period was pretty close to textbook Flyers hockey. Crisp puck movement, getting to loose pucks, winning the battles in the corners...basically everything you're supposed to do in professional hockey. But jesus christ did things go south after the start of the second period. Some of the sloppiest plays ever, turnovers galore and just generally looking like they were confused as to what the object of hockey was. Then the 3rd period rolled around and things started out just as horrible. Finally Zherdev fucked up royally and didn't pick up the trailing guy, I think it was Parenteau, who shot a beautifully placed one-timer past Bobo. Then like 36 seconds later the freakin' Isles scored again, definitely looked like a weak goal but the damn whistle blew before the puck crossed the line so it shouldn't have counted.
Ok, if you're feeling like taking a game off and not showing up, it might as well be against the Jersey Shore on skates...but seriously don't make it look like they'll actually beat you. Apart from just being plain old bad, 2 of their only 3 decent players are injured so it's not even like they have a single line that's dangerous. Come on, when Jon Sim is on your first powerplay unit, your team is pretty fuckin bad. A team like that has no business almost topping a team that has Zherdev playing the 4th line. They meet the Isles 6 times this season, that's a guaranteed 12 points on the season...they need to take care of business a little better. We all remember what happened last season, they blew the easy games in the beginning of the season and had to fight tooth and nail just to make the playoffs last year...let's not pull the same shit this year.
Teams it's acceptable to lose to: Shittsburgh, Washington, Tampa, Detroit, San Jose, Vancouver and probably a couple others that I can't think of right now. Most of the rest of the league is either in rebuild mode, just straight up sucks, or they have 1 or 2 good players that basically carry the entire team..such as Lundqvist in NY or Cindy, Malkin and Fleury in Shittsburgh. And when you have to play Washington, Tampa, and Shittsburgh at least 4 times a year...you take advantage of all the give me games.
Let's not take away from the fact that they did win, and they did pick up the 4/4 points for the weekend regardless...they just didn't do it in the way that they are capable of. They better show up ready to play on Wednesday or it's gonna be a long long night
Now That's More Like It
Well it's about good goddamn time. Never thought I'd be saying anything after beating the D's besides "of course they won", but the way things were going...any win is a great win. They finally picked up their game, but there's still much more left to be desired from this team. Yes they won, but remember, it's only the Devils.
They still had mediocre to decent puck movement and, once again, their powerplay was god awful. I'm not too sure what happened to be honest with you, one week it's working like a well greased engine, the next week it's in some serious need of WD-40. It seems like all their hockey sense just goes completely out the window when they go a man up. As a former hockey player myself, I wish I had some kind of "hockey guru" wisdom for you guys but shit like this never happened to me so I'm just as confused and frustrated as anybody else.
Their 5 on 5 was pretty on their game, as much as I hate to say it, Jeff Carter was one of the biggest presences out on the ice today. It's no secret to anybody that knows me that I'm not happy with Carter getting such an extension but at least he can produce when he feels like it. The big story from the afternoon was definitely the play of Mike Richards. The dude was throwin his weight around and setting up plays all over the place today, but that is really to be expected out of him. I was definitely not one of the people saying that we should take away his C last season, and he shut up everyone in the playoffs last season and has continued to lead by example this season.
And thank everything holy that Claudie got on the board tonight, after him tearing shit up over the first 18 games or so he's seen a definite drop in his production. He seemed like a new animal today, he was hitting everything that moved and piledrived that loose puck home into the empty net with what looked like unnecessary force...but damn if it didn't feel good to see the old Groo back out there again. What really gets on my nerves and disappoints me is what's goin on with Zherdev.
It's not his play that's really bugging me, it's his ice time and lack of support that he always seems to get. Sticking him on the 4th line is kind of a slap in the face to the enigma. After his benching he came back with what looked like new life and has kept it going, for the most part, every game. He's being a lot more physical and his dangles are awesome as always, but he's still spending a majority of his time with Betts and Shelley. Don't get me wrong, I have no complaints with Betts or Shelley but they're nowhere even close to having the skills that Zherdev has. Yes, today he did spend some time with Groo and Carter but for the most part he's been banished to the 4th line. He's basically being set up to fail...fans and the management will get on him for him not producing, but really how much is he supposed to produce when he's getting around 10 minutes a game on average? When he does see some increased ice time, I've noticed that if he gets the puck it's usually him vs. 4 of the other team and he's either forced to try and dangle through all of them, which never happens, or he just puts the puck in deep and goes off on a change.
Personally I think that Powe should move back to his position and Zherdev can move up to the 3rd line. I absolutely love Powe, the guy has a heart of gold and is always taking the body and sacrificing himself to make plays but lets face it...he's not really putting up a lot of points. He doesn't have to move back forever, but I really think Zherdev needs to see some steadily increased ice time with more capable line mates for at least 2 weeks. I can almost guarantee his production will go up noticeably.
Tomorrow is the Isles and seriously, I can't even begin to fathom how they could lose so this weekend is looking like a good one.
They still had mediocre to decent puck movement and, once again, their powerplay was god awful. I'm not too sure what happened to be honest with you, one week it's working like a well greased engine, the next week it's in some serious need of WD-40. It seems like all their hockey sense just goes completely out the window when they go a man up. As a former hockey player myself, I wish I had some kind of "hockey guru" wisdom for you guys but shit like this never happened to me so I'm just as confused and frustrated as anybody else.
Their 5 on 5 was pretty on their game, as much as I hate to say it, Jeff Carter was one of the biggest presences out on the ice today. It's no secret to anybody that knows me that I'm not happy with Carter getting such an extension but at least he can produce when he feels like it. The big story from the afternoon was definitely the play of Mike Richards. The dude was throwin his weight around and setting up plays all over the place today, but that is really to be expected out of him. I was definitely not one of the people saying that we should take away his C last season, and he shut up everyone in the playoffs last season and has continued to lead by example this season.
And thank everything holy that Claudie got on the board tonight, after him tearing shit up over the first 18 games or so he's seen a definite drop in his production. He seemed like a new animal today, he was hitting everything that moved and piledrived that loose puck home into the empty net with what looked like unnecessary force...but damn if it didn't feel good to see the old Groo back out there again. What really gets on my nerves and disappoints me is what's goin on with Zherdev.
It's not his play that's really bugging me, it's his ice time and lack of support that he always seems to get. Sticking him on the 4th line is kind of a slap in the face to the enigma. After his benching he came back with what looked like new life and has kept it going, for the most part, every game. He's being a lot more physical and his dangles are awesome as always, but he's still spending a majority of his time with Betts and Shelley. Don't get me wrong, I have no complaints with Betts or Shelley but they're nowhere even close to having the skills that Zherdev has. Yes, today he did spend some time with Groo and Carter but for the most part he's been banished to the 4th line. He's basically being set up to fail...fans and the management will get on him for him not producing, but really how much is he supposed to produce when he's getting around 10 minutes a game on average? When he does see some increased ice time, I've noticed that if he gets the puck it's usually him vs. 4 of the other team and he's either forced to try and dangle through all of them, which never happens, or he just puts the puck in deep and goes off on a change.
Personally I think that Powe should move back to his position and Zherdev can move up to the 3rd line. I absolutely love Powe, the guy has a heart of gold and is always taking the body and sacrificing himself to make plays but lets face it...he's not really putting up a lot of points. He doesn't have to move back forever, but I really think Zherdev needs to see some steadily increased ice time with more capable line mates for at least 2 weeks. I can almost guarantee his production will go up noticeably.
Tomorrow is the Isles and seriously, I can't even begin to fathom how they could lose so this weekend is looking like a good one.
Friday, December 3, 2010
You've Been Thomas(d)
Good thing this isn't baseball...3 strikes and you're out in that sport. The boys in black dropped their 3rd game straight on Wednesday, and the douchebags up in Bean Town couldn't be happier. After the ultimate shitting of the bed by the B's in the playoffs last season, you better believe there was some bad blood...at least on the Boston side of things (there definitely is with their fans, my cousin lives in Boston and he hasn't spoken to me since that happened). For most of the Philly fans, at least this one, Boston has been little more than a pain in the ass for quite a while now.
Whether this attitude extends to the players isn't clear but by the 3-0 score...it's possible. I actually got into a little disagreement with a guy at my gym today, he was talkin' a little shit on the flyboyz and I said Thomas was an absolute wall, but he was quick to say it was all the Flyers' fault. I think it's probably a good idea to point out that I only saw the last period, had a damn class last night, but from what I saw...wouldn't have cared much if I missed the whole thing. The gym dick had a good point...from what I saw the Flyers didn't really bring out all the stops like they should have to rub the Bruins faces in the dirt again. But I had a better point, and my point is simply...Tim Thomas.
Dude has been an absolute brick wall the entire season, I think getting kicked out of his starting job by the wonder-finn last season lit a fire under his ass or something 'cause he's come out of the gate swinging. After 17 starts and you have a 1.44 GAA, a .956 SV% and 5 shutouts...well damn, I can't even think of a comparison or analogy to describe that godlyness. Maybe he's on a hot streak, maybe he's the real deal..who knows. He won the Veznia 2 years ago so he's definitely an elite goalie, I've just never seen such insane numbers this far into the season. It warms the soul to know that he's an American also, the sport is dominated by all those damn Canadians and Europeans, it's nice to see an American taking the rest of the league to school for a change. The Boston fans must be feeling pretty good right now but let's not forget my friends...they may have won the battle...but we won the war, they're the ones going down in history as choke artists. Ok enough about Boston...
Positive from the game...Bobo was kickin a little ass as usual...that's about it.
With yesterday and today off, the Flyers have a little bit of work to do. Powerplay is probably the biggest one but almost equally as big...finding their game again. I said it last time, when they're on...they're definitely one of the most dangerous teams in league history, but lately we've been seeing the other end of the spectrum (no pun intended). Luckily there is a bit of good news, they have a very easy weekend. I know we didn't exactly do well against Jersey last week but hopefully that was the kick in the ass they needed so they won't take it easy on the D's again. Then Sunday it's the Isles...don't really think I have to say much about them besides, charity points. There's absolutely no reason to get 4/4 points this weekend. But let us not forget...this is Philly, we're experts at blowing give-me games. I told my uncle Tom if they don't get all 4 points this weekend, I would drink myself into a coma...he told me I better head to the liquor store.
Apart from my 16 year old uncle telling me I better start drinking being really funny, it also kind of pissed me off. Not at him but at the attitude we Philly fans have come to have. When your team is so good, there really isn't any reason for you to even bat an eyelash at the likes of the Devils or the Isles...but I find myself wondering whether or not I actually should head to the liquor store. As Philly fans, we've gotten used to the nerves that come up, even before the easy games. Maybe that's why we have such a passionate following, because you really do never know what's gonna happen over on Broad Street.
Predictions for the games this weekend: Saturday-Flyers: 5 Devils: 1...Sunday-Flyers: 6 Isles: 2
And for any Boston fan that for some reason is reading this, don't get too cocky...remember this?
Whether this attitude extends to the players isn't clear but by the 3-0 score...it's possible. I actually got into a little disagreement with a guy at my gym today, he was talkin' a little shit on the flyboyz and I said Thomas was an absolute wall, but he was quick to say it was all the Flyers' fault. I think it's probably a good idea to point out that I only saw the last period, had a damn class last night, but from what I saw...wouldn't have cared much if I missed the whole thing. The gym dick had a good point...from what I saw the Flyers didn't really bring out all the stops like they should have to rub the Bruins faces in the dirt again. But I had a better point, and my point is simply...Tim Thomas.
Dude has been an absolute brick wall the entire season, I think getting kicked out of his starting job by the wonder-finn last season lit a fire under his ass or something 'cause he's come out of the gate swinging. After 17 starts and you have a 1.44 GAA, a .956 SV% and 5 shutouts...well damn, I can't even think of a comparison or analogy to describe that godlyness. Maybe he's on a hot streak, maybe he's the real deal..who knows. He won the Veznia 2 years ago so he's definitely an elite goalie, I've just never seen such insane numbers this far into the season. It warms the soul to know that he's an American also, the sport is dominated by all those damn Canadians and Europeans, it's nice to see an American taking the rest of the league to school for a change. The Boston fans must be feeling pretty good right now but let's not forget my friends...they may have won the battle...but we won the war, they're the ones going down in history as choke artists. Ok enough about Boston...
Positive from the game...Bobo was kickin a little ass as usual...that's about it.
With yesterday and today off, the Flyers have a little bit of work to do. Powerplay is probably the biggest one but almost equally as big...finding their game again. I said it last time, when they're on...they're definitely one of the most dangerous teams in league history, but lately we've been seeing the other end of the spectrum (no pun intended). Luckily there is a bit of good news, they have a very easy weekend. I know we didn't exactly do well against Jersey last week but hopefully that was the kick in the ass they needed so they won't take it easy on the D's again. Then Sunday it's the Isles...don't really think I have to say much about them besides, charity points. There's absolutely no reason to get 4/4 points this weekend. But let us not forget...this is Philly, we're experts at blowing give-me games. I told my uncle Tom if they don't get all 4 points this weekend, I would drink myself into a coma...he told me I better head to the liquor store.
Apart from my 16 year old uncle telling me I better start drinking being really funny, it also kind of pissed me off. Not at him but at the attitude we Philly fans have come to have. When your team is so good, there really isn't any reason for you to even bat an eyelash at the likes of the Devils or the Isles...but I find myself wondering whether or not I actually should head to the liquor store. As Philly fans, we've gotten used to the nerves that come up, even before the easy games. Maybe that's why we have such a passionate following, because you really do never know what's gonna happen over on Broad Street.
Predictions for the games this weekend: Saturday-Flyers: 5 Devils: 1...Sunday-Flyers: 6 Isles: 2
And for any Boston fan that for some reason is reading this, don't get too cocky...remember this?
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