Friday Morning Fly By: Sorry, You Have to Wait Until Tomorrow for Redemption

Bob played well. .960 save for the game? I’m going off of memory, may be wrong… I’m pleased with the effort, the PP shows signs of life, minus the last one, and the blocked shots by Buffalo drove me nuts. All in all, we got this, GO FLYERS!!!!!

I’m ashamed, Geoff. I expect more links from you, especially during playoffs. Disgraceful.

I have nothing to say.

FUCKING CARTER!!! GAAAAHHH!!! Ok, that’s the last time I say it…today.

if we can fix the power play and avoid the blocked shots, we win the series. they played a full 60 minutes last night, bob was phenomenal, and the switch was most definitely flipped.

the sabs had just one goal last night, and it was off of a rebound. last night must have done some good things for bob’s confidence, you can’t ask any more of your goaltender. that being said, i think the flyers make their adjustments, and come out with a win tomorrow.

I get angry when the Flyers lose to teams they should beat.

Ergo, I’m really angry.

can we get richards some talent on his line? he is languishing back there with versteeg (sit him) and nodl. put jvr back there and put zherdev back where he should go.

also, stop settling the puck. one timers will prevent miller from getting in position and the defense from clogging the shooting lanes.

regardless, the effort was clearly there. i remain confident in game 2.

After sleeping on it (and you know sobering up), here are my thoughts:

- The power play sucked, and it was disgraceful.

- They dominated for most of the game, but…

- They never really challenged Miller. I can’t remember one save that was highlight worthy. Its one thing to have a goalie steal a game by making a bunch of brilliant saves, but that was not the case last night.

- Bob looked good, but then I don’t think the Sabre’s really challenged him either. I blame the defense for that goal (and DSOD only had a small role- he got caught in a bad position).

- Despite not scoring, its not like they played horribly. They didn’t get blown out. I never thought they gave up. And it was only Game 1. Now, if after Game 2, nothing has changed and they lose, then its time to panic.

I am very much over Versteeg. He suffers from the same case of suck that seems to have plagued all the 2010 Blackhawks. Sit him, starve him, get him hungry.

yesterday i got nothing accomplished at work in anticipation of the upcoming game
today i am getting nothing accomplished at work in mourning of last night’s game

gotta love the playoffs

Im over my frustration of last night. The way i see it, if we play like that for the rest of this series then I’m sure we’ll go advance.

Look at it this way the Flyers stepped it up last night and the Sabres struggled (although not hugely out played), they got a little lucky, but didn’t show anything to worry me a whole lot.

Flyers take then next 3 games!

I’m not even certain Carter was on the ice last night.

D anny S yvret O ut D aydreaming , come on man. However the make up play after giving that puck up was really nice.

The Rick Tocchet Drinking Game killed me last night.

Vancouver-Chicago: Vancouver finished the season 7-3. Chicago finished it 5-4-1, backing into the playoffs on a final-game loss. Vancouver clearly had the momentum, and that resulted in two early goals and a shutout victory.

San Jose-Los Angeles: San Jose finished the season 7-2-1. Los Angeles finished 6-4, including losing three of their last four, including a 6-1 thrashing by San Jose. San Jose clearly had the momentum, which led to a goal 28 seconds in. LA did manage to tie the game up in the second and play to a draw over 60 minutes, but eventually the momentum resurfaced and San Jose got the overtime win.

Detroit-Phoenix: Detroit finished 4-4-2. Phoenix finished 5-3-2. Neither team has any momentum, so this series will probably feature seven games of limping along, with the winner getting crushed by a team with momentum in the second round.

Nashville-Anaheim: Nashville finished 7-2-1. Anaheim finished 7-3. They both had good momentum coming in, but after Nashville’s 4-1 win in the first round, now they have all the momentum and will probably cruise to a sweep.

Washington-New York: Washington finished 7-2-1 to seal the #1 seed. New York finished 6-3-1, but with an emotional game 82 victory to get into the playoffs. The momentum here is very close, which is why their first game was an overtime thriller. Washington won to take the momentum, but expect this one to go 6 or 7.

Philadelphia-Buffalo: The Flyers finished 3-4-3. Buffalo finished 8-1-1. This one is a no-brainer — the Flyers might not score a goal all series.

Boston-Montreal: Boston finished 6-3-1. Montreal finished 5-4-1. Both teams look very vulnerable. Montreal did win the first game, but it’s easy to take the momentum back from such a small team by playing physical and hitting them, so this one isn’t over yet.

Pittsburgh-Tampa Bay: Pittsburgh finished 8-2. Tampa Bay finished 7-3. But don’t let that fool you, Pittsburgh has much more momentum — they came from behind to finish in a tie for the division title, while Tampa Bay was in a freefall out of their division lead. Pittsburgh won the first game and will cruise. Unless Pittsburgh’s emotions are all deflated from not quite getting the division title and their momentum is stopped, then maybe it will go the other way. After the series ends, I’ll tell you who had the momentum in this one.

I’m pretty sure my first coach taught me not to turn my back to the net with the puck on the powerplay.

Why can’t I get past my bully roots and demand that either kaletta or Montador get punched in the face several times until bleeding. I prefer both but I will accept either.

Does anyone else think our lack of scoring last night had anything to do with the new goal song?

First goalie helmet graphics and now this? No one ever talks intangibles around here.