It's been a couple days since the last post...my new golden retriever demands a shit load of attention so coming up with articles has become a bit tricky. Since he's asleep right now I can finally put in a few words about the last game.
Hate to say "I told you so" but....I told you so. They came up to The Rock and lost, to the Devils....THE DEVILS! It seemed to me that they didn't learn too much from the terrible game they played on Friday, they showed up with some of the same lackluster effort and sloppy play. They were simply outworked in the 1st period, resulting in Boosh letting in yet another soft goal on a bad angle shot by Adam Mair. This guy kills me, he really does...Boosh is capable of making great saves (for example: he robbed Kovalfuck twice that game and slammed the door after Mair scored to keep the Flyers in the game), but then he lets in goals that a damn pee wee goalie would save. But enough about him, for all intents and purposes, he played a pretty good game.
The offense showed some signs of life during a good portion of the game but was unable to generate any really sustained pressure. Once again I would have rather started punching myself in the sack than watch the powerplay unit. They did finally tally in the 3rd but I think that was more of a lucky bounce than anything. Game goes to overtime...goes to a shootout...Flyers lose...ok enough with the news part.
Seriously...what the fuck is going on with the Flyers lately? The name of the game is inconsistency, inconsistent effort...inconsistent powerplay...inconsistent everything pretty much. When this team is clicking, it's one of the most dangerous teams...probably in NHL history. They're so deep, so quick and so skilled, when they're on their game it's like watching the levy's in New Orleans try to hold back the flood. When they're off their game...it's like being strapped to a chair with your eyes taped open and being forced to watch Kazaam over and over again. For real, I don't recall ever seeing a team with such bi-polar play before...they're either fantastic...or they suck more than Cindy does every night, there's really no middle ground. For example, they beat Shittsburgh and the Washington Bandwagons...but they lose to New Jersey. If you have the talent to beat the first two, the Devils should be a walk in the park.
Here in might lie the problem...they're good...they know it...they might not have to show up every night, especially with the weak teams in the league. This is exactly the type of attitude that can kill a season. Weak team or not, they're still a professional hockey team and need to be treated as such. They need to come out every game with the same kind of intensity they show regularly when they play the Rags, Shittsburgh...any of their big rival teams. When they play to the level that they're capable of, and sustain it, it's almost a guaranteed victory.
The Flyers have the right tools to win this year...all the need to do is find the motivation to do so. With the amazing line of Briere-Hartnell-Leino and with the Richie-Noodle-JVR line showing good chemistry lately and Groo-Carter-Zherdev...there's no reason that this team can't comfortably break 100 pts. for the season and get an easy 1st seed in the East and probably the entire league. Philly has always had a problem with consistency, but in a year where they really do have a legitimate shot at repeating an appearance in the Finals...they can ill afford to let the problems of the past take hold in the present. You know when the season's over, and all we Phaithful say "Well...there's always next year.." well, this year is next year.
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