I've taken a couple days to alleviate my frustration from the Wild game. The Flyers let a goalie making his NHL debut hold them to just one goal, and Michael Leighton had perhaps his toughest game since becoming a Flyer. And yet he still only gave up two goals! Now one of the two Flyers beat writers for philly.com in his divine wisdom blamed Leighton for gift-wrapping the game for the Wild. Last I checked, if it was not for Michael Leighton, the Flyers would already be packing their golf bags. Leighton is 8-3-1 with a 2.25 GAA and .920 save percentage. Not to mention the Flyers have scored less than two goals in every game he has lost. So I guess the Flyers' streaky, anemic, and overpaid offense was too easy for this writer to blame.
Turning to tonight. The Flyers have a lot to prove and technically salvage in this game. Ilya Kovalchuk makes his first trip to Philadelphia as a Devil and a national television audience will be witnessing it. The Flyers need to come out and make a statement and show some life to give their fans some reason to keep believing in them. Don't be surprised if Leighton is back in net. He's played well enough to start and now that rushed-back-too-quickly Emery has a hip problem, it's likely he'll get more rest. Regardless of who is in net, if the Flyers can't score, the game will be over before it begins.
Just watched Laviolette pregame, Leighton is in net tonight! Emery apparently practiced, but still not ready to go.
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