Inching closer to the promised land: Boosh brilliant as Flyers beat Leafs, 2-0

This reminds me of a save Niitymaki made to save the Flyers’ playoff hopes either last year or the year before. Anyone remember?

That’s it. Good call. That stop by Boosh tonight immediately brought me back to that game.

Boosh stole a game. I’ve forgotten if we decided that was a good thing or not.

I knew the save was coming when I got to it on the highlight vid. My heart still leapt out of my throat and I still screamed.

That. Was. Awesome.

Of six power plays, five were terrible.

The PP goal was really a 4 on 4 as the PP must have been going for about 2secs once the man came out of the box.
So 5 terrible powerplays

I didn’t think all the powerplays were terrible. I saw a couple of real good chances during their pp time even if the puck didn’t hit the goalie.

Giroux’s shiftiness reminds me of the Cheshire Cat. I think I finally figured out Giroux’s cartoon shifty equivalent

Bring on the Devils…

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I have to say that Boosh is one of my favorite Flyers. Ten years ago my son had luekemia and he was one of the very few guys to take their time to come and give their encouragement to the kids who really need it. I know I’m biased ,but when people knock him it makes me nuts! He’s not a “star” goalie but when he has the guys play in front of him, he can be everything we need.

James Mirtle posted some surprisingly nice information about the Flyers after the game tonight, and maybe the guys don’t dislike him quite as much as we thought…

As tough as they played on the ice – and there were a couple minor skirmishes in this one – Philadelphia showed most of its mettle in the dressing room, fiercely defending Boucher’s ability to handle the No. 1 role before and after the game.

"There’s no controversy in the room. He was brought into Philadelphia for a reason and that reason is because he’s a great goaltender," said Blair Betts, one of the Flyers’ key foot soldiers this season. "Now, it’s his opportunity to step up."

Asked yesterday if he agreed that Philadelphia has become a goalie graveyard, he simply laughed.
"If it’s a graveyard, I mean, I’m back," Boucher said. "I’m still alive, I guess. The second go-around. But you know what, they haven’t won and when you don’t win, they’re always looking for answers. And I guess the easy guy to point out is the goaltender."

"I think Brian’s battling for us," Holmgren said. "The games he’s played this year, he’s been the guy in there when we’ve had a tough time scoring. We need him to play his best."

Great win, but can I just say that the notion that making the playoffs is the “promise land” is rather disgusting to me. Not calling anyone out, or anything like that but this was to be a title contender not clinging for its play off life with 2 games to go.

Everyone seems to want the Devils because we played well against them all year, no denying that but just as well the Devils could turn it on in the playoffs as they tend to do. Be careful what you wish for, that’s all I am saying. I would much rather get another crack at the Pens.

Here’s the link, 20 games. It’s amazing how one shutout can really make a goalie’s numbers look a lot better.