Max Talbot's first period goal got the Flyers off to a 1-0 lead. Max
would finish the game +1 with a hit and 2 blocked shots in 17+ minutes of ice time.
Devils 3
Flyers
1
The Flyers had the Devils on the ropes. They had a 1-0 lead,
and were smashing bodies all over the boards. Then the game settled in, and the play began to favor the Devils again.
A tipped puck and a Bryzgalov giveaway gave the Devils back command in the form of a 2-1 lead after 1 period. As I sat
there, I wondered if I had seen the end of the Flyers scoring. For the most part, the Flyers had found the way to even
the play on the ice. But even is not where the Flyers needed to be.
Ilya Kovalchuk ended the scoring with a smoking hot slap shot power play goal from just inside the blue
line with 15 minutes to go in the third. Martin Brodeur played mistake free goaltending stopping 27 Flyers shots.
Scott Hartnell played even, had
5 hits in 18 and half minutes on Tuesday night.
Trade comparison from this summer:
Much draw dropping ensued when the Flyers dumped Jeff Carter
and Mike Richards, so here's a comparison with the various trades and also some notes about players they did not re-sign:
Jeff Carter for Jakub Voracek, 8th
pick in the draft (Sean Couturier), and the 3rd round draft pick (Nick Cousins):
Jeff Carter was re-activated Feb.2nd
from an injured shoulder. In 31 games he has 11 goals (6 on the PP), 7 assists and is -9.
Jakub Voracek is +5, has 2 game winning goals, 9 goals
and 22 assists. His fore-checking has been great.
Sean Couturier is +12,
has 3 game winning goals, 2 short-handed goals, 10 goals and 10 assists.
Nick
Cousins (3rd round pick) is 19 years old playing in the OHL with 26 goals and 35 assists.
I
know I'm partial, but I gotta give this one to the Flyers.
Mike Richards (w/ Rob Bordson) for Brayden
Schenn, Wayne Simmonds, and LA's 2nd round draft choice in 2012:
Mike Richards is doing better than Carter,
of course he's a lot better player. Richards also missed time due to injury, 8 games with the dreaded upper body injury.
In November he scored 9 goals in 10 games. He has missed two penalty shots this year, bringing his record to 0-7 in
career penalty shots. Just damm amazing really. Mike has 14 goals and twelve assist, including 2 short-handed
goals he scored in back to back games. 25 short-handed goals scored in his career.
Wayne Simmonds has a career high 17
goals along with 14 assists. 7 of his goals have come on the power play, 3 of his goals are game winners. He's
been in some fights were he has handled himself very well too. Looks sometimes like Mike Knuble in front of the net.
Brayden Schenn, another surprise rookie for the Flyers. Missed a decent amount of time due to
injuries. In 24 games he has 5 goals, 3 assists and is -4. Some nights he is among the Flyers leaders in hits.
Was the 5th overall pick in the 2010 draft.
Tough call here, but still going
the way of the Flyers. Brayden Schenn is one of the top overall prospects in hockey. When his body size catches
up to his heart, he will be a force for years to come. Mike Richards is a great player no doubt.
Ilya Bryzgalov, a question mark
before March, and before the playoffs turned out to be the best player in the playoffs keeping the Flyers close every night.
On Tuesday night he stopped 27 Devils shots.
Zac Rinaldo didn't get into many playoff games, but he made
Tuesday night count with 6 hits and a blocked shot, playing even in almost 9 minutes of ice time.
Danny Briere finished even, an assist, and had 4 hits in 21+ minutes of ice time.
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Results of last poll:
The Devils have the Flyers
on the brink of elimination
The Devils will finish the Flyers on Tuesday night 36.76% (25 votes)
The Flyers will come back and win in 7 games 44.12% (30 votes)
The Devils will win in 6 games 16.18% (11 votes)
The Devils will
win in 7 games 2.94%
(2 votes)
Total Votes: 68
We the positive Flyers fans overtook the pessimistic realist.
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