The Flyers lost. This is nothing new. They haven’t won consecutive games in nearly a month and that continued with a sloppy, 4-1 loss to the New York Rangers.
They are simply playing out the string and if that’s the case, shouldn’t we all do the same?
What was a defense and goaltending problem in March has turned into an offensive problem in April. Going back to the game against Buffalo that was the most embarrassing loss of the season – a 6-1 defeat that ended the Sabres 18-game winless streak on the last day of March, the Flyers have now gone 13 straight games having not scored four goals.
In fact, in those 13 games, they have just 26 goals, an average of two per game. That’s not going to win you a lot of hockey games, and it’s no wonder the team is 4-6-3 in those games.
There’s really not much to talk about in this game – I’m being honest. And you know me, I can come up with 2,000 words to write about in almost any scenario.
But I feel like the Flyers have beaten us all into submission at this point, and this game was a definite tap out.
That’s because there wasn’t really anything of note that happened that you should really care about.
Here’s the rundown of things you’d probably want to know since, like most fans, you probably aren’t even watching any more:
Beyond that… there wasn’t anything else worth talking about. Sure, there were mistakes and criticisms to hand out, but at this point, they are the same old, same old. I’m tired of writing them and you’re tired of reading them.
Maybe more young players will get a chance for the Flyers and we’ll have something to talk about. Otherwise, these posts are likely to get shorter and shorter.
The tragic number for the Flyers is down to seven points. But that’s irrelevant. The glimmer of sunshine is the number nine. That’s how many more games we have to endure before we can officially bury this season in the far reaches of our memory banks.
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