Bill Meltzer: Wrap: Flyers Fall in 0-2 Playoff Hole, Drop 4-1 Decision to Capitals

Bill Meltzer: Wrap: Flyers Fall in 0-2 Playoff Hole, Drop 4-1 Decision to Capitals
- bmeltzer

What's more frustrating? Not making the playoffs? Or making them when you're clearly still going through growing pains?

Hextall has some work cut out for him. We have prospects on the way but our vets look absolutely lost.

They have done a poor job of driving the net or screening holtby.

Washington is light years ahead of us in the talent department but they're beatable with our current crop. Just can't run this PK system the way they are and change up the lousy PP.

Wouldn't hurt if Holtby played worse too.

Bill, after Morin, Sanheim, Provorov, Ghost and perhaps ALt/Hagg/Friedman become regulars. Is this forward corps +Konecny + Lindblom/NAK/Fazleev/Leier/Laughton going to be enough to add up to be a serious contender?

What's more frustrating? Not making the playoffs? Or making them when you're clearly still going through growing pains?

Hextall has some work cut out for him. We have prospects in the way but our vets look absolutely lost.
- hereticpride

What's alarming is Giroux has been completely invisible. A complete non factor.

Omergerd we got soundly beaten by a team that is much faster, bigger, and talented than we are.

Will captain stealth steal the show, when we get back in town?

What's alarming is Giroux has been completely invisible. A complete non factor.
- MikesPillBottle

Ahem

Ummmmmm... Yeah

What's alarming is Giroux has been completely invisible. A complete non factor.
- MikesPillBottle

I can't disagree. The PP is his bread and butter and the league has finally figured it out.

They need Giroux to be the guy in all situations. Not just the PP and I'm not sure if that's just asking too much of him.

Will captain stealth steal the show, when we get back in town?
- JoeRussomanno

why bother?

I can't disagree. The PP is his bread and butter and the league has finally figured it out.

They need Giroux to be the guy in all situations. Not just the PP and I'm not sure if that's just asking too much of him.
- hereticpride

being paid 9 million dollars this season he should be asked to do alot

The flyers are playing the presidents cup winning team and possibly the Vezina trophy winner not sure what everyone expected. The flyers aren't playing bad just not good enough.

JC mason. Why did you have to do that tonight of all nights.


The flyers are not capable of beating this team in a series. Caps were on cruise control tonight

wow,
Flyers' Mason forgets how to goalie
http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=15218636

I mean they aren't good enough.

Milbury is ragging relentlessly on Mason. Mason wasn't great, but, jeez, Milbury, you have some strong opinions for a guy who everyone on Earth agrees is the worst hockey GM in recorded history.

The Caps are the deepest team in the NHL with the best goal scorer and the best goalie. They beat a one-line Flyers team that is gassed from their late-season surge. It's not a tragedy that they lost.

Ummmmmm... Yeah
- mayorofangrytown

Hmm?

Milbury is ragging relentlessly on Mason. Mason wasn't great, but, jeez, Milbury, you have some strong opinions for a guy who everyone on Earth agrees is the worst hockey GM in recorded history.

The Caps are the deepest team in the NHL with the best goal scorer and the best goalie. They beat a one-line Flyers team that is gassed from their late-season surge. It's not a tragedy that they lost.
- ChoclitLeClair

If Milbury hates a player 9 times out of 10 I'll love him. This is one of those 9.

1 goal in six periods. Sure Mike, Mase is the problem.

Milbury is ragging relentlessly on Mason. Mason wasn't great, but, jeez, Milbury, you have some strong opinions for a guy who everyone on Earth agrees is the worst hockey GM in recorded history.

The Caps are the deepest team in the NHL with the best goal scorer and the best goalie. They beat a one-line Flyers team that is gassed from their late-season surge. It's not a tragedy that they lost.
- ChoclitLeClair

Mason held them in the game despite a real poopty goal.

The score was 4-1 so while that goal svcked it didn't lose the game. Instead Milbury should rag on the flyers powerless play. Have to just have to score 5-3.

why bother?
- penguininnevada

he desparately needs to save face right now

Milbury is ragging relentlessly on Mason. Mason wasn't great, but, jeez, Milbury, you have some strong opinions for a guy who everyone on Earth agrees is the worst hockey GM in recorded history.

The Caps are the deepest team in the NHL with the best goal scorer and the best goalie. They beat a one-line Flyers team that is gassed from their late-season surge. It's not a tragedy that they lost.
- ChoclitLeClair

JR ragged on mason a lot too

Giroux was invisible tonight. Was he sitting next to Couturier?

Hmm?
- JoeRussomanno

Ummmm yeah. This is what I expected