Flyers Eve

It's the day before the Flyers season starts, a veritable Christmas Eve in October. Every other time I've said it was the beginning of the NHL season I was lying: rookie camp, training camp, pre-season games, the NHL in Europe, yesterday. All lies. It all starts tomorrow. There are going to be some great stories, some controversial hits, some disappointment. And that's where we'll most likely end - disappointed. We have a 96.6% chance of this. But for 6 1/2 months minimum we get to drive with all four windows down and wonder what lies ahead. And dream of ending up as the 3.4%.

So before the season starts I have a couple questions, and once they're answered I'll be ready to go, full steam ahead:

- where does Luca Sbisa live? Are they putting him up in a hotel? Is he staying with a guy on the team?

- did Simon Gagne grow his hair long to provide extra cushioning on his skull?

- when people look at you carrying toilet paper around the super market do they think less of you then when they catch you tossing a bag of condoms on the counter?

- is the Flyers season starting during the Phillies playoff run going to seem as inconsequential as the Phillies season starting during the Flyers playoff run?

- can the Flyers get 100 points?

- why did Shane Victorino grab Derick Lowe's titty last night after he sacked him?

- who are the best friends on the Flyers? What are all the cliques? Do all the Americans hang out together?

- are some people so pathetic that the need to assert their intelligence or political views by clicking on pop-up ads?

- what do the Flyers listen to in the locker room?

- is this the year that Braydon Coburn does lose an eye?