Okay, I admit it, I only watch hockey when the playoffs arrive. Yeah, I guess people could consider me a fair-weather fan, I just like to think I am watching Season 2. There are teams the Flyers want to beat badly and the Penguins are one, so I couldn’t be happier right now. And, what a beautiful sound it was as Flyers fans chanted, “You can’t beat us!”
It is not just scalding disappointment the Penguins are facing now.
Not simply a humbling elimination by a detested rival.
Not merely a profound embarrassment that will linger and sting all summer.
No, being swept out of the playoffs by Philadelphia — a very real possibility after the Flyers’ 8-4 victory in Game 3 of their opening-round series Sunday at Wells Fargo Center — would be far more significant than that.
It would be a humiliation of historic proportions.
BTW, my younger brother who is a huge Flyers fan had this to say about Sidney Crosby, “He is a cheap shot artist and a crybaby” and “Crosby is the lil’est bitch in the world”. Born the year after the Flyers won their last Stanley Cup, I hope my brother gets the victory he’s been waiting for.