Flyers Gameday: Quack!... Quack!...Quack!...

Tonight the Flyers are in California to take on the Mightiest of Ducks. Puck drop is at 10pm ET, so put all the little ones to bed and break out the now stale eggnog...for tonight, we have some hockey. Simon Gagne is on the shelf, joining Briere, Upshall, and Asham on the sideline. Hopefully Upshall and/or Asham can go, because I don't ever feel confident when Lasse Kukkonen has to play offense. Sure, it's awesome to see him out there, but it doesn't make me feel good about our chances. Losing Gagne will hurt the teams offensize production, especially on the PP, but maybe we'll get a little bit lucky and this is when Claude Giroux will start showing up. Giroux registered his first point in the NHL against the Canucks, and we're hoping that tonight we get to see him snipe a glorious wrister past JS Giguere. With so many people going down to injury this time, it will be interesting to see who steps up tonight. Carter has been baby-Jesus like. And Richards has been stright crushing it. Maybe tonight we see Metro get a sexy one? I'd like to see a multiple point night out of a defenceman as well (Braydon Coburn, I'm looking at you...)

As well as a high scoring affair, tonight should be filled with a buttload of punching. Philadelphia is ranked #2 and the Ducks are #3 in team fights for the year. Cote is probably still hurt(but at this point, it's more emotionally) so hopefully Gratton is ready to dance with Parros. Aside from Parros, there are a ton of guys who would match up well against any of our middleweight fighters. Moen, May & Montador can all throw, so expect this game to have its fair share of knuckle sandwiches. I think Gratton is going twice tonight, and Hartnell will let the 'fro go.

Hey Baby, it's 2009. We're two points behind the Rangers. We can tie those fuckers tonight. Let's Go Flyers.