The difference is the Phillies are the World Champions of baseball, while the Flyers are a .500 club under Stevens and not likely to improve any time soon despite adding Pronger, van Reimsdyk, and Emery to the roster. It’s like the same team from last season all over again. Were all the Flyers fans and The Hockey News wrong to be excited about this season? I said it before, it’s nice to have a great team “on paper”, but the games are won on the ice. Homer better make a decision soon or it’s going to be another disappointing season.

maybe gagne’s injury occurred after he lifted the huge weight off his shoulders raising his hands in the air after his first goal.

I think our defense needs to stop trying to pass the puck around and try to make a play happen…I see too much time spent in our own zone trying to work the puck out when all it takes is getting the puck down ice…

Coburn has been cursed as of late and hasn’t been doing a good job on the defensive side, did anyone else realize he was way out of position and nearly gave up a goal to a Cap’s player during the game last night??? I thought for sure they had a goal since no one was in the position to even stop the guy from taking his time to aim and fire….

I am crying foul on all these so-called “goalie interference” penalties. I think the rules need to made clearer for refs to make a more appropriate judgment call on if it was or wasn’t….Powe wasn’t in the wrong either, Theodore played way out of the net, beyond his safety zone(his crease) and took Powe’s ice away from him…thus drawing the penalty which left us on a 5 on 3 for more then a 1:30+ …which in turn might have been the shot that rocked us a bit too much and giving the Caps momentum.

Sure first ten games in and we a .500 club at the moment, we should really be 8-2…I honestly believe…just too many chances blown and teams allowed to come back and take away something that was ours, a big fat W….

On the + side of things: Betts is coming back, Parent should be returning, JvR looks amazing on the ice for Philly….can’t wait for Gagne to come back and send Cote anywhere but here with the Flyers.

Anyone else been hearing those nasty things called rumors come up about Shanahan possibly coming to Philly to play???

Please not Nodl. Please Ross.

So, it took me all day, but I finally read that story about the linesman. Wow. Seriously, that was one of the most amazing things I’ve read all year. And, on the “reputation” topic we’ve been discussing, how about this:

The big surprise was before the faceoff. The Flyers showed a five-minute video about my career. The Philadelphia fans gave me — a linesman! — a standing ovation.