Best Hockey Player In The World Plays Against One Of The Shittiest Teams, You Won't Believe What Happens Next
So you know that thing the Flyers do where they completely suck ass at hockey? Well guess what. They did it again last night! Classic Flyers, amirite?
This time they decided to suck ass against Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers. Typically not the greatest idea in the world considering Connor McDavid is the best hockey player in the world. But they went ahead and did so anyway. Which is why the end result shouldn’t be all too surprising to see, but let’s take a look at it one more time.
Now it’s hard to fault Shayne Gostisbehere here for getting caught on the forecheck by McDavid. You wouldn’t get mad at somebody for losing a foot race to Usain Bolt. But here’s the thing–I love Ghost. I would take a bullet for that guy and even though there aren’t many “untouchables” on this Flyers team, I 100% consider Ghost to be an untouchable. With that being said, if you are racing into the corner after a loose puck against Connor McDavid, at no time should you ever attempt to pull up. It looked like Ghost was attempting to maybe send that puck back up the boards on his backhand and that’s where things go awry. You basically just need to take a slapshot there and rip that puck around the boards and as far away from McDavid as possible. But instead, McDavid is able to win the battle for the loose puck and kick it out to Leon Draisaitl in front of the net. And that’s where things basically just turn into pickup hockey from there.
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Draisaitl tries to go between the legs like he’s at open ice on a Saturday morning. It hits off the post and just so happens to land right back on McDavid’s tape. And then not only does McDavid handle that surprise pass perfectly, but he has the awareness right away to just put that puck back on net from behind the goalline and bank it off Stolarz. Puck ends up in the back of the net and the Oilers wouldn’t need another goal for the rest of the night but they tacked on 2 more just for good measure. That clip right there is pretty much just two guys fucking around out there on the ice and treating the NHL like it’s shinny.
From November 15 to December 15, the Philadelphia Flyers went 3-9. Three wins in a month. The Flyers only have 1 more win in that month-long span than they’ve had general managers. It’s a joke. I don’t know what in the actual fuck this organization is waiting for to fire the coach. It doesn’t make a single ounce of sense. It is pure negligence on their behalf. It is downright criminal that Dave Hakstol still has a job in the city of Philadelphia. This team fucking sucks but they’re doing nothing to change that right now. Which, in the long run, might actually be the best way to go about the rest of the season because at least they’ll get a decent draft pick if they keep sucking like this. But my biggest fear is that they’ll decide to go on an ill-advised winning streak at some point in the season here and end up finishing 18th in the league. The true Flyers way. This team drives me insane.