It’s hard to ask for patience sometimes.
The Flyers lost their first game of the season against their division rival, the New York Rangers, by a score of 3-2 this afternoon. In and of itself, this is not terribly surprising. The Rangers entered today second in the NHL in standings points and first in goal differential, they have four lines with players who can score, and they have one of the two or three best goalies in hockey. They’ve won more than twice as many games as they’ve lost this year, and are now 10 standings points ahead of the Flyers.