(Photo by Steve Dykes/Getty Images)Tonight's game was on the CW57, a network who apparently haven't gotten around to upgrading their cameras to digital yet. Might as well been watching on the old school Prism channel.
Anyway, the Flyers were just a bit slower than the Avs tonight, losing 2-1 when Milan Hejduk scored a power play goal with about :03 left in the 2nd. Had the Flyers gone into the dressing room tied 1-1, I think they stood a good chance of winning. You could tell Colorado had most of the momentum in the 3rd period, although the Flyers' penalty kill did its job by killing off four of five penalties with the fifth being...well, you know.
It is now officially Hoth cold here in southeast PA, and snowing just enough to make the ground look pretty but not enough to close the schools, which always frustrated me growing up. Either snow hard or don't snow at all. You can't even have a decent snowball fight - by the time you get enough snow to make a good-sized ball (small enough to throw, big enough to sting, that's the rule), you've used up all the snow in the yard, and unless you had the throwing accuracy of Joe Montana, it's a waste.
Looking now at the Atlantic division, the Flyers are in what will most likely be a dogfight until at least the All-Star break:
NJD - 34 pts.
PHI - 32 pts.
NYR - 32 pts.
PIT - 30 pts.
NYI - 28 pts.
That's six points separating the entire division. Jersey won their ninth straight tonight against the ECHL Washington Capitals, both New York teams lost, and the Pens and Flyers play on Tuesday. If the Flyers want to create some breathing space, they have to start playing better, especially at home. I think three teams will come out of the Atlantic for the playoffs, and there's no time like now to get going on a run.
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