We are back. So back. Never have we been more back than we are right now.
It’s the first real Philadelphia Flyers game of the season, and it’s got everything: a matchup with a (bottom-feeding) division rival, a jaded former player, one of the most exciting rookies in the league, and a hard-nosed head coach who–
Wait, he looked through that dude’s phone and didn’t even serve him lunch? No wonder he didn’t even make it to training camp. Who could’ve foreseen a notorious asshole behaving this way??
Anyway: So. Friggin’. Back.
The Blue Jackets being a disaster aside, they are on paper a far better roster than the Flyers with Patrik Laine, Zach Werenski, and could-have-been-future-former-Flyer Johnny Gaurdreau.