heyeaglefn wrote:At least if this series is ugly it may lead to changes.

ReadingPhilly wrote:

heyeaglefn wrote:At least if this series is ugly it may lead to changes.

lol

heyeaglefn wrote:They need to do something about defense and goaltending and the young guys just aren't going to cut it at this point for next season.

heyeaglefn wrote:The problem is all the guys you mention in that one paragraph are all signed next year except Manning. Gudas and Big Mac through 2020. Elliott and Neuvrith are both signed one more year as well.

heyeaglefn wrote:

ReadingPhilly wrote:

heyeaglefn wrote:At least if this series is ugly it may lead to changes.

lol

I mean it isn't far fetched for them to make some roster moves like Simmonds and some other things if they end up getting swept. They need to do something about defense and goaltending and the young guys just aren't going to cut it at this point for next season.

Hextall needs to do something at some point, I get the patience with the young guys but you also can't piss away the last of Giroux's good years because your team can't play defense or find an NHL level goalie.

ek wrote:the bryz troll had me laughing last night

CFP wrote:Just copy-pasted Charlie O'Connor's breakdown of the series into Word. 4612 words. Who the hell has time for this? Dude's gotta find a way to cut back a bit this off-season.

Bill McNeal wrote:

CFP wrote:Just copy-pasted Charlie O'Connor's breakdown of the series into Word. 4612 words. Who the hell has time for this? Dude's gotta find a way to cut back a bit this off-season.

3,478 on a 7 goal loss!

10: Positive: 7-0 defeat no different than 2-1 loss in the playoffs

A thrashing on this level can be called nothing other than embarrassing, especially considering the high-profile nature of both the Flyers-Penguins rivalry and this particular series. The general consensus prior to puck drop was that Pittsburgh would likely move on to Round 2 in the end, but Philadelphia would put up a strong fight and make it one of the more entertaining series of the overall slate. Instead, the Flyers barely looked worthy of being on the same ice as the two-time defending champs.

The good news for the Flyers coming out of this game is this: teams don't get style points in the playoffs for how they win. Pittsburgh isn't up seven to nothing in the series — they hold a mere 1-0 edge that could vanish if Philadelphia comes out with a strong effort on Friday. I think back to the Montreal Canadiens' upset of the Washington Capitals in 2010, which has gone down in history as a series that Jaroslav Halak “stole” from one of the best regular-season teams of the 00s. That's not an incorrect way to remember the shocking outcome. However, what has been forgotten by most is that Halak was somewhere between underwhelming and horrid in Montreal's first two losses, stopping just 82% of the Capitals' shots and even being benched for Game 4. But Halak's dizzying highs in the series matched his trench-like lows, and on the strength of the former, the Canadiens pulled a historic upset. This devastating loss becomes a distant memory if the Flyers can rebound tomorrow night with an effort that is as impressive as Wednesday night was humiliating.