Weekly Rant: Give credit to Mad Max
Weekly Rant
If there was ever a question surrounding the impact fighting has in the game of hockey, it was solved in Saturday’s win over Philadelphia.
Had Max Talbot not been able to drop the gloves with Daniel Carcillo, who knows how the game would have ended. One thing’s for sure: we’d likely be talking about game seven in Pittsburgh.
Why Carcillo thought it was a good idea to fight is beyond me. Heck, it was beyond even the clueless NBC announcing crew. Fighting is rare in the playoffs. Even between bitter rivals. So why, when you’re up 3-0 and owning all of the momentum, would you buy into your opponent’s tactics?
I’ll tell you why: because the Flyers will never ever be able to help themselves. They are — and always will be — the Flyers.
Team Info
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Regular Season Stats:
Points: Sidney Crosby — 43 pts. (22 goals, 21 assists)
Goals: Sidney Crosby — 22
Assists: Evgeni Malkin — 24
PIM: Matt Cooke/Mike Rupp — 54
+/-: Sidney Crosby — plus-14
GAA: Marc-Andre Fleury — 2.31
SV%: Marc-Andre Fleury — .911
Atlantic Division Standings:
1. New Jersey Devils: 25-8-1 (51 pts.)
2. Pittsburgh Penguins: 25-10-1 (51 pts.)
3. New York Rangers: 16-16-3 (35 pts.)
4. New York Islanders: 13-16-7 (33 pts.)
5. Philadelphia Flyers: 15-17-2 (32 pts.)
