will we ever win?

Another sad loss

Well the Flyers looked sorta good for a little bit. Then they got behind the eight ball, had a little bit of pressure on them, and folded. Typical Philadelphia Flyers hockey game.

No one on this team can finish except Eager, who finished Janik with a blow to the jaw and sent him down in a heap. Of course Eager was given a 10 minute misconduct and didn't see the ice again. Kapanen got a goal but should have gotten a penalty according to how the rules are called these days, but didn't. I guess McCreary was taking pity on the Flyers. Hatcher was horrible, Knuble was horrible, Gagne was horrible, Pitkanen was horrible and Rathje was bad. Nothing changed from the Sabres game except the competition got worse.

But at least Ed Snider is pissed and knows there's a problem but of course can't figure it out. Here's a hint Ed, the initials are B and C.

Clarke added a group of smaller, quicker forwards who he believed could add offensive depth to his goal-challenged forward lines.

It hasn't worked.

Two of those signed, Marty Murray and Matt Cullen, were cut from camp, and Randy Robitaille is hanging on by a thread. Geoff Sanderson is the only one who has had any impact despite the preseason glamour Kyle Calder brought to a line with Richards and Carter.

Clarke thought he was making his team faster; what he made it was softer.

Yes, softer. Little and quick, even in a league with a renewed value on speed, means a team that can get pushed off the puck and plays like it is afraid to get to the net at one end or defend at the other.

At least the Phantoms call-ups played decently so maybe there is a glimmer. But now I'm stuck watching Nedved when I go to their games.