This team continues to amaze and frustrate me but tonight they pulled through with their 3-0 pummeling of the Devils. Thanks to the charity rule the East has to obey for the Southleast Division, either Washington or Carolina gets the third seed despite my eighth-place Flyers having one more point. The magic number was 94 against Buffalo yet I forgot about those weaker teams in the mix.
Now that they’ve achieved their return to the playoffs after last season’s non-stop disaster on ice, everything is gravy for the Flyers. There will be more pressure next Fall to be a serious contender to bring the Cup back to Philly before the Cheesesteak of Suffering hits 10,000 days. Remember, this is the city known for boo’ing Santa Claus.
I should have my predictions around Monday because the season official ends Sunday with the final games and I’m way overdue on the Icebats’ party pictures. Sorry, it has been a long, nasty, exhausting week which did end on a great note with Waterloo Records and this bit of hockey news.