Doormat or Sinkhole?

Hopefully this picture will become more and more common as we see Blair Betts come back into the lineup tonight. Although he is not 100% (refer to previous post about shoulder injuries) he is still a much needed asset to this team. We are 10-3-0 when he is in the lineup and the 3rd loss was when he got injured last early in the game. So he is actually pretty much 10-2-0 when playing a whole game. That's ridiculous. Although many people are saying not to read into this much, that's bullshit. Think of the things Betts does for this team: AMAZING defense when he is on the ice as a utility player; the best Penalty Killer on the team and takes a lot of those hard minutes away from Richards and Carter; and has experience to help anyone on this team through a hard patch. In my opinion he is one of the most underrated Utility players in the NHL. Anyways, enough about my man crush, time for the game tonight.

So Pittsburgh comes to town for the back end of our home and home. This is where my title comes from; will we just sit back and continue to let teams walk over us? Or will we have a secret trap door under the doormat that leads to a cave system with a gigantic Roncor monster (please refer to Return of the Jedi for that one). Just as a note, the Flyers have not been swept in a home and home against Pitt since 1992, for those not talented in math, that's 17(!) years. Even in the "season to forget" they didn't lose the home and home against them. I'm pretty sure everyone in the locker room knows this, and if they don't, then that's just stupid. If there will be anything that will get this team up for this game, that should be it. Who the hell wants to be on the team that let's that streak die? For tonight, I will be keeping a close eye on JVR, Giroux, Richards, and Betts. I'm curious to see if Betts will hold back at all. The other three I will be watching because JVR is still working on getting out of a slump; Giroux can play amazing, but also terrible; and Richards needs to continue to lead this team in the right direction, such as the Boston game when he looked like one of the best players on the ice, which he is. Tonight will be a good game no matter what, let's just hope our boys have come to play. Prediction: Flyers 4 - Pitt 2.

LET'S GO FLYERS!