No stats, no numbers, just real.....
Danny Briere scored the Flyers only goal, the defense played okay, and Boosh made a few decent stops.
That's where the love fest ends.
The Flyers lost to the St. Louis Blues 2-1 in overtime last night, and frankly they are damn lucky the score was that close.
Like in the Pittsburgh game, the offense put forth no significant effort until the third period, lazily carrying the puck into the zone, favoring line changes over offensive chances. They got away with it against the Penguins, but if this is a trend that is going to continue, it's gonna be a long season for the orange and black faithful. There was simply no intensity until it was too late.
The lone bright spot was the play of the Scott Hartnell - Danny Briere - Ville Leino line. They generated the team's only scoring, and continued the reckless, rowdy and effective style together that made coach Peter Laviolette keep the line intact from last season.
What Laviolette did wrong, was putting Brian Boucher between the pipes.
Am I a little bias toward Sergei Bobrovsky, yes I am. Do I feel he's a better goalie, yes I do. Why? Because he fucking is! Boosh will make the initial save, then completely lose sight of the puck and everyone around him. At one point last night, he made a pad save. Cool! As the puck skitters behind him and comes to rest against the right post, Boosh just stands there and stares down the ice. You got eight players around you, and you freeze. Garbage!
Here's the long and short of it. The Flyers are a 1-1 team. A lazy one and one team. Did Mike Richards and his boys start drinking heavy again? I think maybe. Does Laviolette need to light a fire under their asses? I think maybe that too. Because if he doesn't, watching Flyers hockey is gonna become a really shitty thing to do here soon.
That's where the love fest ends.
The Flyers lost to the St. Louis Blues 2-1 in overtime last night, and frankly they are damn lucky the score was that close.
Like in the Pittsburgh game, the offense put forth no significant effort until the third period, lazily carrying the puck into the zone, favoring line changes over offensive chances. They got away with it against the Penguins, but if this is a trend that is going to continue, it's gonna be a long season for the orange and black faithful. There was simply no intensity until it was too late.
The lone bright spot was the play of the Scott Hartnell - Danny Briere - Ville Leino line. They generated the team's only scoring, and continued the reckless, rowdy and effective style together that made coach Peter Laviolette keep the line intact from last season.
What Laviolette did wrong, was putting Brian Boucher between the pipes.
Am I a little bias toward Sergei Bobrovsky, yes I am. Do I feel he's a better goalie, yes I do. Why? Because he fucking is! Boosh will make the initial save, then completely lose sight of the puck and everyone around him. At one point last night, he made a pad save. Cool! As the puck skitters behind him and comes to rest against the right post, Boosh just stands there and stares down the ice. You got eight players around you, and you freeze. Garbage!
Here's the long and short of it. The Flyers are a 1-1 team. A lazy one and one team. Did Mike Richards and his boys start drinking heavy again? I think maybe. Does Laviolette need to light a fire under their asses? I think maybe that too. Because if he doesn't, watching Flyers hockey is gonna become a really shitty thing to do here soon.
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