If given the choice between watching a team that had just re-signed Rasmus Ristolainen to a five-year, $5.1 million AAV extension going up against one of the best teams in the NHL or getting the chance to boo Ben Simmons while he was on the bench during his return to Philadelphia, you were probably watching the 76ers. Did that choice pan out well? Probably not, considering the Sixers dropped the ball. Would you have been better served watching the Flyers though? Also probably not.
Philadelphia sports are nothing but pain, folks.
Here’s your game recap, though, because I know you’re all anxious to figure out how the Flyers managed to lose this one.