Sneak Attack on New York
For the majority of the game last night the Flyers skated around the rink with the vitality of Laci Peterson. Not hustling, not winning the 50/50 battles, and generally not caring. I’m not sure what happened during the second intermission, maybe John Stevens played “Blood, Sweat, and Cheers: The Story of the 1986-87 Philadelphia Flyers” for a couple of minutes to get the guys pumped (or maybe he played a clip of Anal Island 4 to show the boys what the rest of the world had just witnessed the previous two periods), but regardless, the team responded in dramatic fashion, winning the game and putting themselves closer to a playoff spot. Mike Richards is God. No, seriously. And let’s all give Daniel Briere his credit. The guy is playing like a fucking animal.
Five games left, four points up on the #8 seed (and three points out of the #4 seed), the Flyers are close. The dream scenario has them sneaking into the #6 seed and playing Carolina while the rest of the conference rapes each other. The nightmare scenario shows two games left against the Devils and Penguins each, the Flyers losing all of them, and either missing the playoffs or getting powerblasted by Montreal in the first round. Five games left, the Flyers need at least five points to stay out of the #8 seed. Can we please win one at New Jersey? Doing that may give the team all the confidence they still need.
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