Islanders 6, Flyers 1: This is getting tiresome

Well, someone in that building has to be happy, I guess.This is all a story you’ve heard before. The Flyers got blown at home again. On their Halloween game. It was decidedly not spooky, it was mostly just sad. It’s the same old story we’ve been telling, and we keep on telling it, and if you’re still here listening, know that we love you for it. Take some good energy from us, at the very least.

1. Hemming and hawing

It normally isn’t right away that we talk about all this nonsense. Sometimes we get to ease into things, don’t have to be grumbly right away, but today we aren’t that fortunate. The Flyers got off to a rough start and it happened pretty much right away. The first four minutes saw…