I went to the Flyers game tonight and came away feeling totally bummed. It's just not right what has happened to this once proud franchise. I felt like I came across an old friend and found him jobless, lonely, depressed, and having a bit of a drug problem.
Things just can't get any worse for the Orange & Black. Not only is the team is absolutely uninspired on the ice, but the Wach feels like a funeral parlor on game nights with no emotion whatsoever. The only thing that seemed to get the crowd mildly interested in the third period was some fat kid dancing in the upper deck during stoppages of play. What a shame. Flyers games used to be an electrifying experience. Now, they are more sleep inducing than Nyquil.
It seems like they just don't know how to get out of their own way. They have such a hard time in the defensive zone, whether it be making a clean pass out or defending odd man rushes. If this was a video game, someone would have hit the reset button and started over altogether. Unfortunately, the Flyers don't have that option.
Thankfully, the Flyers have a truckload of cap space going into next season as Tim Pannaccio detailed today on Hockeybuzz.com.
Hopefully, Mr. Snider will spend the money in the right places and right this ship. This franchise and its long time loyal phans deserve much better.
2 comments:
I remember the 5 game series tickets we got once upon a time. Those games were something else. If I remember right, they won almost all of those games. I remember hanging out at the F & the H with Alex and Bob, going to the game and watching a big win. Now, I don't even want to see the highlights on Sports Center.
I still wear Black, but it's in mourning.
Yeah, man...those times were much simpler...no wives, kids, crappy defensement, horrible refereeing, and lack of clutch scoring weighing us down...
On the bright side, we can look forward to 2007-08 and all the cap space....feel the excitement!
We should get another plan next year!
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