Ryan is away at the beginning of this 4 day week, so that means you get soo much Fran it's practically illegal.  So how should we do this post-game?  Should we do a grading system?  An intense post game where I copy and paste quotes from the MSM's articles onto my own to make it sound like I was there?  Easy there sailor....  Lets stick a good ol' fashioned list! Pros, Cons and the weird from last nights win over Columbus.

- Mike Richards was a ghost.  I thought he'd score and really carry the play.  Can't even remember one shot that he took.  I'm an idiot.
- Jeff Carter was playing with a purpose, at both ends of the ice.  Two goals, great faceoff percentage and backchecking?  I'll have another!
- Those orange hats looked terrible and I wish either Carter or Cheeseburger woulda potted their third to let the fans toss those hunter's dream onto the ice. 
- Speaking of Cheeseburger, both his goals were of the "greasy" mucking and grinding variety.  Would look pretty good in Orange & Black about now, eh?
- Sexiest pass of the night:  Giroux to Asham
- Sexiest goal of the night: Carbomb's snipe from the top of the circle
- Unsexiest play of the night: With the Flyers on the PK, Richards and Gagne break out on a shorthanded 2-on-1 and instead of firing a shot, Richards tries a pass against a well covered Gagne, Columbus heads back and scores on the ensuing counterattack where Richards was stuck on the ice, out of gas.
- Best ex-Flyer coach on the opponent's bench: Ken Hitchcock.
- Ray Emery gives up a ridiculous amount of rebounds
- Ray Emery looks like he's about 85%
- Ray Emery will get beat by good teams because of his lack of control
- Ray Emery is going to come to my office and give me a purple nurple
- Powerhouse on the 1st line really gives some forechecking presence, although they are probably the most uncreative group of forwards we got.  Gagne needs someone who can get him open looks.  Richards and Powe are grinders and once they get into the zone work the boards for an opening, causing Gagne to pinch down low to assist when he should be circling the waters waiting for a snipe.
- OKT had a baby last night.  It turned out it was actually Jeff Carter's.
- FGSB approves of Norweigian babies and wishes OKT the best
- Lappys fight was timely, but it was pretty uneventful.  I think it was a narrow win for Lappy.
- Speaking of Lappy, that commercial that he's in for the Flyers "shoe-drive" is fucking scary.  What, did they shoot that an hour after he took the puck to his teeth?  Scars, black eyes, accents and no teeth haunted my dreams all night.  (Who am I kidding, I LOVED it!)
- Chris Pronger can be a sneaky man when he wants to be.  What a pass from Danny Breeze to find him right before the end of the 2nd.  Without that goal, game is way up for grabs.
- Seriously, Rick Nash is a bad mother-shut yo' mouth!
- The game was back and forth for awhile.  Both teams carrying the play for big parts of each period.  A little bit of luck and some timely scoring got us the W against Columbus.  It's been awhile since we could say that about the Flyers.

On to the next one.  Fuck the Rangers.

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