Meh

I know I'm in the minority here but I wasn't thrilled with the Flyers last night.

Yes, I get that they played toe-to-toe with the almighty Bolts.  I hate to break this to you: all but six teams were better than the Flyers last season so playing up to the competition is going to have to be the norm.  

Honestly, wasn't this game the same old, same old?  Flashes of brilliance but with a bad result.  Our top players pretty much invisible.  Missing penalty shots.  Turnovers (Giroux had a nasty one at the end of the 2nd while we were on the power play).  Gaining the lead only to lose it on a bad goal.  Losing in overtime.   

Losing the season opener for the fourth year in a row. (I know we got a point.  It would have been better to get two.) 

Call me a cynic.  I guess I'm just sick of seeing the Flyers lose when they can win. 

The Magic Number of Claude Giroux

Not a lot to write about when the Flyers are tanking.  I must have read about the "tragic number 11" in at least 10 different articles this week.

So I decided to read up on numerology, hoping to find a magic number.  (What else am I supposed to do with 9 games left, a Cold War between Berube and Mason, and cryptic accounts of a players-only meeting that occurred about 30 games too late?)

For your consideration, I present a brief and admittedly amateur analysis of our captain Claude Giroux's Number 28, which seemed appropriate given the number of idiots wanting to rip the "C" off of his sweater.

We start, of course, with number 28, which apparently is the number 10, but with "more compassion and tolerance."  In turn, the number 10 "enhances all the qualities of the 1."  Slightly vague, but wait, stay with me:

A 10 is "a powerful leader, sharply focused, and streamlined for success.  It can be ruthless in the pursuit of its goals.  It can become a dominating tyrant."  

Sounds like a perfect captain to me!  

And it gets better, because the number 1 "is masculine, progressive, courageous, and rebellious in a constructive way."  

Wow!  We've seen that NUMBER 28 before, folks, and I surely hope to see him again.  G, please stay away from golf clubs and cop butts this off season:


Thanks to decoz.com and numerology.com for educating me.
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