Posted: Tuesday, February 21, 2012, 11:12 AM | 14 comments |
 

Jets (Jets!) have Flyers' number
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"This road trip comes at the right time," center Danny Briere said, "we play pretty well on the road." (Yong Kim/Staff file photo)

    WINNIPEG - Much has been made of the Flyers' inability to beat the New York Rangers this season.

    But it should also be noted that the lowly Winnipeg Jets (nee Atlanta Thrashers) also have their number.

    Winnipeg is 3-0 against the Flyers this season, including a pair of wins at the Wells Fargo Center.

    The Jets, who have won three straight to climb to No. 9 in the East, will host the Flyers at 7 tonight, starting a swing that will also take Philadelphia to Edmonton, Calgary and San Jose.

    "This road trip comes at the right time," center Danny Briere said. "For some reason, we play pretty well on the road."

    The Flyers are 18-9-2 away from the WFC.

   If goalie Ilya Bryzgalov gets the call, he will undoubtedly hear mocking chants of "Illllllllllyaaaaaaaaa!" He heard them during warmups in Winnipeg three months ago.

    Bryzgalov is despised here because of negative remarks he made about the city when rumors were swirling that his old team, Phoenix, was going to move to Winnipeg.

   When the Flyers played in Winnipeg on Nov. 19, Sergei Bobrovsky was given the call and his team lost, 6-4, despite two goals each from Matt Read and Scott Hartnell.

  My two cents? It's time to let Bryzgalov play several games in a row and see if he can get on a roll.

   * * *

   The Jets have beaten the Flyers 9-8, 6-4 and 2-1 in a shootout.

   * * *

   I'll be talking Flyers with Matt Leon on KYW Newsradio (1060 AM) today at 3:45 p.m. Join us!

   * * *

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Posted by Sam Carchidi @ 11:12 AM  Permalink | 14 comments
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 11:24 AM, 02/21/2012
    Goaltending matters...and once again the Flyers do not have it.
    — kelprod2
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 11:32 AM, 02/21/2012
    This is a great matchup against a team trying to get into the playoff picture and another that is trying to get out of their funk and maintain their seeding. Wiht less than 25 games left in the season, this is a perfect time for the Flyers to bear down and get a much needed victory against a team with a lot to lose.
    — CTL
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 11:43 AM, 02/21/2012
    maybe its time to stop calling the team that is 3-0 against us as lowly. What does that say about us? Just a thought.
    — gob1234
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 6:39 PM, 02/21/2012
    It says that some journalists and most fans are so far in denial, they still can't see what Holmgren really assembled.
    — no_shootouts
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 12:02 PM, 02/21/2012
    I think it's funny he would refer to the Jets as "the lowly Jets." Take a look at the records, the Flyers only have three more victories than the lowly Jets.
    — lenonomusic
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 12:04 PM, 02/21/2012
    Based on recent home performance, they should be abbreviating the Philly arena as "WTFC", not "WFC" ....
    — hang_up
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 12:28 PM, 02/21/2012
    i agree;...its time to stop screwin around and get on a roll
    — SyddBarrett
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 1:56 PM, 02/21/2012
    More like the Lowly Flyers!!
    — robynk
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 3:39 PM, 02/21/2012
    ed snider overpaid and now is saddled with his contract. send this guy down to the phantoms and greedy ed should sell the team.
    — OhOkay
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 3:58 PM, 02/21/2012
    The Flyers are closer to the "lowly" Jets than they are the Rangers or Bruins. Let's be serious.
    — BobbyD
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 4:53 PM, 02/21/2012
    "Lowly Jets?" If I'm not mistaken, I believe they have a winning record. Where do they get these so-called journalists?
    — fentonhardy
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 4:59 PM, 02/21/2012
    The Flyers could seriously miss the playoffs this year.
    — burholme


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About Sam Carchidi
Sam Carchidi is in his fourth year as the Flyers' beat reporter. He became an Inquirer staff writer in 1984 and covered mostly South Jersey high school sports and the Phillies before taking the Flyers beat.

Carchidi has written three books _ the nationally acclaimed Miracle in the Making: The Adam Taliaferro Story, which he co-authored with Scott Brown; Bill Campbell: The Voice of Philadelphia Sports; and Standing Tall: The Kevin Everett Story, which was featured on the Oprah Winfrey Show. He also contributed to a 1993 Inquirer book on the Phillies.

A lifelong South Jersey resident, Carchidi lives in Wenonah with his wife, JoAnn, and their two children, Sara and Sammy.

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