Wow, so all this watching hockey stuff is getting pretty tiring, eh? Three games in four days and now another one tonight? Its enough to make an amateur blogger contemplate kicking all this school nonsense to the curb and go pro.
Yeah that's the life. Hitting the open road with the orange and black and blogging my way to fame and fortune. And then one night it happens. Ray Emery gets arrested for speeding and BAM! The team turns to yours truly to be their starting netminder against the defending Stanley Cup champions, (Joaquin Phoenix sigh) the Pittsburgh Penguins. Of course, I shut them out and add an goal to boot. And not an empty netter either, I beat Marc-Andre Fleury high to the glove side from inside my own crease.
Yup, I see it all now as plain as day. You're probably wondering what happened to current back up Brian Boucher in my scenario. Well, after his performance on Sunday in 4-1 loss to the San Jose Sharks, I wouldn't expect to see Boosh in net against a team with a winning record for a little while. I mean, I like the guy, but he was terrible.
Ahh well. Not sure how my parents would react to my ditching college for a job as a blogger, a job that I am presently doing for free. I guess I'll stick to the college thing for now, but if the team goes on a tear, I just may do my best Chris Osgood in the regular season impression and dissappear.
Hey, there's a game tonight! Here I am wasting your time with all this ugly jibber jabbering. How about a couple of keys to tonight's road game against the 6-2-2 Washington Capitals.
1.) Solid Goaltending- Emery will be back in net tonight and he will need to be on top of his game if the team expects to beat the high powered Caps offense. Emery has been steady so far this season and considering he's still adjusting back to the NHL game, he should just keep getting better...hopefully.
2.) Get some help for the young guys- Claude Giroux, James vanRiemsdyk, Darroll Powe. These have been the team's best players lately. The line of Powe, Danny Carcillo and Mika Pyorala was the only one that showed up to play the Sharks. The Flyers are going to need to get some contributions from the veterans if they want to win consistently. Simon Gagne and Scott Hartnell, I'm looking at you two...
3.) DEFENSE- Outside of the Chris Pronger/ Matt Carle pairing, the defense has been shakey. Kimmo Timonen and Braydon Coburn have been pretty dreadful so far, going a combined -15 this season. These two need to improve, especially Coburn who needs to shake his habit of putting the puck into his own net.
Player to Watch: Braydon Coburn
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