Throwing In The Towel
If the image of watching 6’7 , 227 pound Sam Morin skate his first laps of the season at the Wells Fargo Center Wednesday night wasn’t every clue you needed to know that the Flyers reach for that eighth and final Wild Card spot was all but a pipe dream, seeing Cam Talbot as the starter in net against the Carolina Hurricanes Saturday afternoon surely is.
Giving credit where credit’s due, it should go without saying that The Flyers made it a race for the past two months. Some would even argue that the arrival of interim head coach Scott Gordon mid December was where that Wild Card spot, (or perhaps even a more comfortable slot in the top eight in the Eastern Conference) was where it all turned around. Flyers went 10-3-1 since January 19th, and even more impressive, have gone 17 straight games perfect on the Penalty Kill.
While there are plenty of positives to take away from the second half of this season,
Including two consecutive OT wins against cross state rivals Pittsburgh Penguins, it’s been the presence of Scott Gordon behind the bench and in the locker room that seems to have reached out to every player on this roster and allowed them to buy in to his presence, system and style of coaching.
This will no doubt raise questions between now and late June as to who will lead the Flyers behind the bench next season and what role Scott Gordon may or may not play in that.
Regardless,Fans have every reason to feel the rug pulled from underneath them in violent and forced fashion.
Even-though The Flyers have yet to mathematically be forced to start packing their golf clubs just yet, no doubt the arrival of Sam Morin and seeing Cam Talbot get the start over the red hot rookie Carter Hart is enough to at least dust off the clubs this weekend, regardless of the outcome of today’s game against another team fighting for their playoff lives, the Carolina Hurricanes.
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