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Written by Ryan
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Wednesday, 24 February 2010 08:56 |
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Two years ago last night I saw the Broadway sensation Wicked. It was decent. I think. But that's not the only thing I did that night. The fact that I was sitting in a theatre watching a play about goblin rape (that's what it's about if you haven't seen it) meant that I was also missing the Flyers lose their tenth game in a row, earning only their second point of a possible 20 in the month of February. Not only that, but they lost Mike Richards to a groin-quad pull and the season seemed like it was over. Everyone wondered if the Flyers were going to make it to the playoffs, the press was declaring the Flyers as sellers at the impending deadline, and I was humming 'Defying Gravity' all day long. Those were some drug-fueled times.
Where does the time go? As you know the Flyers made it the Conference Finals that spring and the Phillies won the World Series that fall. Then the Flyers played an entire season and got knocked out of the playoffs in the first round. And now I just remembered that I almost forgot there was even and NHL season going on. I hope the players didn't because all but 4 (maybe 3) have practice tomorrow.
I don't know if this break was good or not. I guess it only depends on how the club does. If they stall out on the second lap the press will write that the break robbed the team of their momentum after back-to-back home-and-home sweeps of the Devils and Canadiens (remember that?). If they continue their winning ways the break will have been exactly what the players needed - some time to 'catch-up' with their families and 'kind of unwind a bit.'
I've enjoyed the Olympics tremendously. The hockey aspect specifically. One of the most enjoyable parts has been cheering for an entirely new set of players and jerseys. It's a common theme in Philadelphia that we discuss often - the Flyers will let you down. Everything will let you down in life except Jason Wyerth's beard. But like the World Juniors before and the Olympic Team now, you can root rabidly for your country without fear that they'll blow it because you don't expect the world out of them. They're a fun novelty where as the Flyers pass and shoot our hopes and day dreams. In that way it's kind of like the 2007-08 Flyers, who began their tremendously tremendous run to the playoffs and beyond 2 years ago today. As the wise and gap-toothed King said in Platoon, 'it's all gravy.'
It's been a lot of fun to root for players you only hate because they're so good. It's been great to take a break from watching Scott Hartnell squirm around the ice like an errantly captured dolphin on the bow of a boat. But it will also be fun to have Flyers hockey back when all of this is done - even though much like an Olympic event these last 20 or so games will feel like a sprint with staggered starts.
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