Proof

It can be done. The Flyers can beat the Penguins handily in the playoffs. Shit, they might even be able to win this series if they continue to play like they did today. Claude Giroux played an incredible game, but there’s one player who stood out to me above all the others – Darroll Powe.

I don’t know what changed but Darroll Powe was a fucking wildman out there today. It started with him dropping the gloves and going after Letang without hesitation and continued as he followed Malkin to the box in the second period. And then when he was in that scrum behind the Flyers net in the third and managed to get ahold of Sidney Crosby behind the net… well he looked like a homicidal lunatic who wanted to eat Sid the Kid’s face. Whatever John Stevens said in the locker room before the game it’s safe to say Powe took to heart. And then some. Powe ended the game a plus one and with an assist, and maybe 83 hits. That dude was fired up.

The reffing in today’s game was consistent in that it was horrible again. Granted it’s a rough series, and maybe the number of missed calls and ridiculous calls are balancing out, but I’m honestly not sure what they’re watching. The fact that the Penguins seem to be taking a lesson from their leader and have perfected the art of embellishment makes it a little tricker to call., but was I the only one who saw Kimmo’s stick get snapped in half by a slash in the third? Have they been calling that penalty this series…?

All in all it was a great game. And the Flyers are still alive. I’m wondering if they’ll rock the orange jerseys again on Tuesday. If they could tie this series up in game 4 we’d be in for a hell of a 3 game series.