Still Looking for Number 1

Thank God the Phillies won because I don’t think the city of Philadelphia could take two losses in one night. First the Flyers started very strong and many of us said confidently that this is the team to beat. Not wrong yet. Then came the second period and still confident we said yea still good. WRONG! The third period was a disaster for the Flyers and again another let down for the city of Philadelphia. Just didn’t go their way, and I am thankful that I watched the Phillies instead of the Flyers.

Pros
Mike Richards
Jeff Carter
Carey Price
Andrei Kostitsy

Goofs
Martin Biron
Joffrey Lupul
Craig Berube

Pros: Once against Mike Richards dominated the ice and finally got the power play on the board. Jeff Carter finally got his game on and scored his first goal of the season. Carter also has improved physically and seems to be a wrecking crew in itself. Montreal goaltender Carey Price saved this team and is a sick goaltender. I knew Price was good last year but he has gotten to the point of being great. Andrei Kostitsy also had a great game and scored the first goal for the Canadians. Expect to hear a lot about these guys in the future.

Goofs: This goes to all Flyers guys only. Martin Biron didn’t prove anything to me tonight and still is kind of shaky when it comes to goaltending. Joffrery Lupul has shown of his physical presences but nothing in the goal category yet. I personally would like to see Lupul scoring some goals instead of dropping the gloves. The biggest goof so far this very short season is assistant coach Craig Berube. Berube is in charge of special teams which included power play and penalty kill. This is an area where the Flyers are not doing so well rite now. During the playoff last year for the Phantoms I attend a game. It was probably the worst hockey game I had ever seen. Phantoms got destroyed and I keep saying to myself thank God he isn’t with the Flyers organization. Now he is and the head coach of that team was, Craig Berube.

Tomorrow night the Phillies are off and the Flyers take on Pittsburg. The same team that eliminated them last year from the Stanley Cup playoffs. We the Flyers get their first win against state rivals or are we looking at another rebuilding year.