On The Brink

Flyers are down 0-3 and after tonight's 4-1 loss and look finished



This one didn't look good from the get-go tonight as the Penguins raced out to a 2-0 lead and that's all they needed as they demolished the Flyers 4-1 tonight to stretch their lead in this series three games to none.

They say you have to play the games in pro sports and yes there's still one more game for the Pens to win for this series to be considered over, but realistically can you expect the Flyers to string off four straight wins?

The Flyers don't have any answers for the Penguins defense and if you can't score goals against a team that has the offensive firepower that this team has, you have zero chance of winning a game let alone a series.

When you analyze the series on a basic level it's simple; the Flyers are out of gas and missing their top two defensemen, while the Penguins don't even have to play offense because the Flyers are unable to get any sort of push on offense. 3 shots on goal in the second period and seven overall after two periods for the Flyers sums this up. They were a little better in the third period shot-wise, but still only amassed 17 shots total for the game.

The Flyers are on the brink of elimination and it wouldn't surprise me to see them get their doors blown off on Thursday night because it's disheartening to lose players to freak injuries for one and they simply cannot compete against a Pittsburgh team that is on a whole 'nother level right now.

While it's great to see this team where they're at after finishing dead last a year ago, it's still disappointing as hell to see their season end like this. It's another "what could have been" story with another one of our teams. You see teams making surprise runs in sports and having luck go their way every year. When will this karma find it's way toward one of the four majors in Philadelphia?

You'd think after 25 years by sheer coincidence it would have happened already. Guess not in our case.

To add insult to injury the Penguins literally get handed a franchise each generation. They were handed Lemieux and Jagr during a 6-year span by the hockey gods and now were handed Crosby and Malkin within a few years of each other.

Eventually the sports gods will smile upon one of our teams...right?