Tough Stanley Cup Final for Flyers Fans
Another year another Cup Finals the Flyers are not participating in. Depending on which team does make it to the final games of the year it can be tough to watch as a Flyers fan.
Most times at this point in the year fans aren’t rooting for anyone to win but instead begging for teams to lose. This Cup final between the Bruins and Blues is a bit of a double edge sword for Philly.
Boston Bruins are longtime rivals and a hated team in Philly. For a multitude of reason, many people around the country do not want to see the Bruins win the cup. Sports fans as a whole would be happy if the city of Boston never won anything ever again.
So if Philly doesn’t want Boston to win fans must want the St. Louis Blues, maybe not. Blues head coach is Craig Burbue and their top line center is Brayden Schenn ever hear of those guys? Both of these guys were one-time cornerstones to the Flyers future. Two huge keys to Blues success now seem to leave the Flyers as average and turn into elite performers only to end up playing for the cup.
Berube was an assistant with the Flyers for some time and said to be a hockey genius. Well, apparently it just took a few years to kick in. In his two years as Flyers head coach, he has a record of 75-58-28 and in just his first season taking over as Blues head coach his records 38-19-6 and a run to the Stanley Cup Finals. Schenn played for Philly for 6 seasons totaling 246 points and a minus 30 in just two years with the Blues he has become a top line center poster 124 points and is a plus 13.
As hard as it would be to see Boston win something else watching two ex-Flyers do it so shortly after leaving would be rough too. Can both teams just loose?
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