Rising to the Challenge?

The Flyers fluffed to Florida on the weekend. The one saving grace (no pun intended) was that Roberto Luongo didn’t shut them out. The final was 2-1 for the Panthers, but the score should not have been that close. It should have been a blowout in Philly’s favour. Our defense is pretty thin due to injuries, but we have enough firepower up front to outrun any other team—especially one plagued with injury-ridden forwards.

So what happened?

I can only guess that they play to the level of the opposition. More teams lose to weak opponents than they do to strong ones because the players don’t respect the challenge. What does this mean for Tuesday, when the Oilers come to town without Taylor Hall?

Three guesses and the first two don’t count.