Seven games into the season and my Flyers finally won! At least it’s against a team that matters, the Devils, who are also a shadow of their former winning selves. Oddly, it still puts them ahead of the Islanders; at least losing in OT gets you points which I recall was the Pens’ start last season. Anyhow, these possible champs of the East have become chumps thanks to their poor inexperienced defense, inconsistent goaltending (yes, I need to eat a plate of crow over Biron being the savior between the pipes), and the I-told-you-so’s for trading RJ Umberger and/or letting Jason Smith leave.
Things can only get better I suppose. I won’t throw away my betting slip on their chances of winning the Cup for a while longer, I’ll give them until February. Currently their 14-1 odds have jumped to 40-1 and if the Phillies lose, the Cheesesteak of Suffering ending will depend upon them because the Sixers are a bigger joke and the Eagles are already finished. Let me be clear, I am neutral on Philly’s other three professional franchises so taunting me about them doesn’t phase me. As for the Flyers, I’m not a zealot neither.
Oct 27, 2008 Update: Sometime after I posted this, I was reading in the Philly-based paper how many are calling this opening losing skid…the Palin Curse. Too bad nothing happened to Ed Snider instead, the idiot behind bringing the unwelcome politician to the game. Nothing awful I would wish on him, maybe something inconvenient such as a zit, constipation or a blister. Serves him right because many attendees said cheers were piped in to counter the live boo’ing.
Meanwhile, it looks likely that the Phillies will win the World Series; making my Cheesesteak of Suffering widget obsolete at 9289-90 days. Maybe the guy who created it can make one exclusively for the Flyers winning a Stanley Cup.