2022 is even worse, somehow...

I’m pretty sure I’ve started at least one other postgame this season with this same lede, but...

You know what’s sick?

I didn’t think the Flyers were that bad tonight.

That said, the opening period was one of the most disappointing stanzas of hockey the Orange and Black have played all year.

Claude Giroux and Ivan Provorov made their returns. The club is rested, but wasn’t off for too long, while Boston’s on the tail-end of back-to-backs. Tuukka Rask is making his first start since June 9, 2020. Kevin Hayes is playing in Boston for the first time this season.

There were myriad reasons for the Philadelphia Flyers to come out strong.

Instead, David Pastrnak scored the first two goals of his…