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Flyers Must Play Near-Perfect Hockey
by Paul on 05/10/08 at 08:36 AM ET
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from Phil Sheridan of the Philadelphia Inquirer,
They have now lost Game 1 of each of their three playoff series. In the first two rounds, they came back and won Game 2, then went on to take the series.
This Game 1 was different, though. The Penguins are simply better than the Washington Capitals and the Montreal Canadiens. Evgeni Malkin is the best player the Flyers have faced, delivering where Alex Ovechkin and Alex Kovalev simply did not. Marc-Andre Fleury is the best goaltender the Flyers have faced. For the first time in these playoffs, Biron was not the better netminder.
That doesn’t mean the Flyers can’t compete with the Penguins. They can. It just means they have to play near-perfect hockey to have a chance, and that is not something they’ve shown an aptitude for doing. They were able to blow two-goal leads against the Caps and the Habs and still win. Those days are gone.
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