Flyers
Worse loss in franchise playoff history in an elimination game. Was at the rink last night (not the Wachovia Center: Christ, you could smell a Flyers loss a mile away) and people were fuming at the lack of effort and heart as they watched the game on TV while their kids were practicing on the ice. A 77-year-old lady blurts out: “These guys just fucking suck.” What else can you say when a team moves a great grandma to drop the F bomb?
Flyers: Pack up your shit and get the fuck outta here.
+/- for the Flyers Defense for the series. Frightening.
Keep in mind this is in just 6 games.
D. Gauthier -6
D. Hatcher -6
E. Desjardins -3
F. Meyer -5
J. Pitkanen EVEN
M. Rathje -2
May 3rd, 2006 at 12:22 am
The Defense on the Flyers has been fucking awful for the past few years. It especially sucks when you only have about ONE line of charismatic forwards. I stick by my team, but fuck, it means the off season suck even worse.
May 3rd, 2006 at 10:08 am
When is Booby Clarke going to be made responsible for this manyyears of playoff futility. Not getting to the finals is futility. Making the playoffs is great but early exits are still not victories. He has put together an old and uninspired team. Dejardins must have some pictures of Clarke doing something evil . Why has the team kept this defensive liability and fossil around so long
May 3rd, 2006 at 10:27 am
I was going to put a video clip together of Desjardins gaffes in the playoffs this year. Tirns out that I could have put together an entire DVD. He was that bad. Adios, Eric!
May 3rd, 2006 at 2:46 pm
Desj was once a solid defensemen, but after sitting out most of the 04 season, he just doesn’t have it anymore. Also, while I’m not the biggest Primeau fan, I think his absence for a vast majority of this season and the playoffs had alot to do with the Flyers performance. He came up big last playoffs, really finally earning my respect. I am just disappointed that we didn’t see more from Gagne and Forsberg.
May 4th, 2006 at 7:22 pm
Pylon sightings! Somebody on a call-in radio show was driving through the Philly area. When passing through a construction zone they drove past a bunch of those large-sized orange traffic pylons … you know, like upsidedown garabage cans with the black and silver stripes (kind of like the Flyer’s throwback/third jersey). Anyways, as he drove past them, each one had a different name on them …. Hatcher … Rathje …. Desjardins … Meyer ….
That’s hilarious. Someone out there in Philly please tell me they saw this as well so I know the story is actually true!