If nothing else, it’s been an eventful start to the week for the Flyers. Sunday saw them riding a four game winning streak, and trying to make it five as a tired Maple Leafs team came to town. Things, of course, did not go as well as they might have hoped, and a decidedly messy showing for the Flyers ended in a 6-2 loss for them.
It was an effort that John Tortorella was, understandably, quite critical of. “We self-destruct the shit out of ourselves,” he said after the game, “We just can’t overcome some of the things we give them for free – and I’m not taking anything away from Toronto.