The miracle has happened, the Sixers have 4 win a row with a comeback victory over the Houston Rockets tonight in Houston. They really didn't do anything special either, just the same solid basketball that had got them through last 3 games. They rebounded well, distributed the ball as well as they would have liked, shot reasonable well, at 48% from the field, and 41 % from beyond the arc with 10 threes, and played some sold defense most of the night, in holding Houston to just 41% shooting from the field, and finally solid bench play. Overall you just can't ask for much more from the Sixers than they gave tonight. Okay maybe you can ask for a better 2nd quarter, where they got outscored 35-21 to fall behind by 10 at the half, but other than it was all good. The 2nd half was all Sixers as they rallied ahead in the 4th quarter and hung on to win 101-95.
Offensively, Thad Young led the way again with 17 off the bench. Meanwhile, Andre Iguodala added 14 and 10 rebounds, Elton Brand put up 13 points, Willie Green, again subbing in for AI, chipped in with 15 and even Jrue Holiday got in on the act with 10. So again just a solid scoring night for the Sixers. Defensively, Sammy D led the way with a block and 10 more rebounds, to extend his double digit rebound streak. Andre Iguodala was also huge defensively, as he kept Shane Battier, who is often lethal from beyond the arc, under wraps with just 1 trey and only 5 points. So it was really a sold night all around for the Sixers and that's what you want to see from them tonight, because more often then not solid basketball across the board will win you the game.
Aaron Brooks scored 34 points in a losing cause for the Rockets. I don't know about you but I can't ever remember seeing a guy scoring that many points in a loss. With his 10 rebounds tonight Sammy D now has 10 + rebounds in 14 consecutive games. Not bad huh. As of now the Sixers, at 19-31 overall, are up to 10th in the Eastern conferencee, but remain 5.5 games out of 8th in the Eastern conference, with the 8th place Bulls having snapped their 3 game losing streak tonight. We'll see how long this streak lasts, but right now I don't about you but I am loving what I am seeing.
Saturday, February 06, 2010
FLYERS NEWS
The Flyers wrapped up their road trip tonight in Minnesota with a matchup against the Wild. Considering the Wild came in with their 5th string goalie in net, they should have been an easy mark for the Flyers on this night. However, that goalie Anton Khudobin, starting just his 2nd career game, was incredibly good in his NHL debut a few nights ago and he simply picked up right where he left off tonight. Well that and the Flyers just continued to struggle to find any continuity while on the offensive attack. The solid scoring chances just weren't there for the Flyers. Thus, Kudobin was able to hold the Orange and Black to just one score on the night, by Dan Carcillo late in the 1st period. At the time Carcillo's score tied the game at 1 and briefly restored hopes of a Flyer's victory. It wasn't mean to be tonight though
Owen Nolan scored for a 2-1 Wild lead late in the 2nd period, and against the struggling the Flyers that was enough for victory. At first glance of the stats it would seem the Flyers outplayed Minnesota. They had more shots on goal, and won more faceoffs than the wild and yet they still lost. Sometimes it is just not your right, especially when you have just one goal in your last 2 games combined. Earlier today the Flyers acquired winger Ville Leino from the Detroit Red Wings in exchange for Ollie Kristian Tollefsen. He was healthy scratch tonight because he didn't arrive in Minnesota in time for the game. It will be interesting to see where he fits. As of now, with still 59 points overall, the Flyers are 8th in the Eastern conference, so they're okay despite the losses, but they'll need to figure things out soon.
Owen Nolan scored for a 2-1 Wild lead late in the 2nd period, and against the struggling the Flyers that was enough for victory. At first glance of the stats it would seem the Flyers outplayed Minnesota. They had more shots on goal, and won more faceoffs than the wild and yet they still lost. Sometimes it is just not your right, especially when you have just one goal in your last 2 games combined. Earlier today the Flyers acquired winger Ville Leino from the Detroit Red Wings in exchange for Ollie Kristian Tollefsen. He was healthy scratch tonight because he didn't arrive in Minnesota in time for the game. It will be interesting to see where he fits. As of now, with still 59 points overall, the Flyers are 8th in the Eastern conference, so they're okay despite the losses, but they'll need to figure things out soon.
Friday, February 05, 2010
SIXERS NEWS
Coming into tonight the Sixers had won 2 games in a row and with a win would extend to a 3 game winning streak for the first time all season. Given the talent level of their opponents, the New Orleans Hornets, you wouldn't think that would be a likely proposition. However, the defeated New Orleans 96-92 when they came to Philly a month ago and the Hornets came into the night without the services of Chris Paul who is out with a knee injury for at least the next 3 weeks. Everyone knows the Hornets with Chris Paul are much different team than the Hornets without Chris Paul and that was no more evident than tonight. Without Paul's usual 20+ points and 10+ assists, the Hornets came out flat and did not have enough of a scoring punch to stick with the Sixers. While Paul's replacement, rookie Darren Collison, did put up 17 points, he could manage only 4 assists. Thus, besides Collison, only 2 other Hornets scored in double figures, and despite shooting a decent 46% from the field, and a red hot 52% from beyond the arc, New Orleans managed just 94 points.
Of course it was all the absence of Paul that doomed New Orleans tonight. The Sixer's played pretty well tonight too. They had all momentum in the world coming off the overtime over the Bulls and it propelled them through this game. They kept the pressure up on defense, forcing 12 Hornet's turnovers, and outrebounding them 46-36. Offensively, Andre Iguodala and Elton Brand continued their solid play, with 14, and 11 points respectively. Willie Green, again starting in place of AI, also chipped in with 12, but the big story for the Sixers on the night was their bench which simply obliterated the Hornets with 51 pts, as Lou Williams(11), Thad Young(19), and Rodney Carney(13) combined for 44 big points. Those points were really difference on this night with entire New Orleans' bench scoring just 27 points. It's hard to lose when your bench so thoroughly outclasses the opponent's bench, but the Sixers almost did in this one. After taking a 9 point lead into the half, they watch a New Orleans cut it to 6 heading into the 4th quarter. Fortunately, in the 4th the Sixers managed to stabilize and held off the late charging 101-94.
I don't have to tell you how remarkable it is that it took the Sixers over the half the season to compile they're first 3 game winning streak. It will be interesting to see if they can extend it to say 4 or 5 or even more. Who knows maybe there's life yet in the Sixer's playoff hopes. Sammy Dalembert registered 16 rebounds today, giving him double digit rebounds for the 13th consecutive game. What a gamer he is. At present the Sixers rather precariously at 18-31 overall. That's just good enough to be 11th in the Eastern conference, 5.5 games out of 8th. On the other hand that's also just bad enough for GM Ed Stefanski to be thinking about blowing up the team, by trading Andre Iguodala, and Sammy Dalembert in exhange for expiring contracts, or some other piece, that will help clear the space to make a run at things next season. So things will be very interesting for the next week or so before the all-star break. Should the Sixer go back to their old ways Stefanski will have no choice but to blow the team up or he might lose his job, but if the Sixers keep this up and suddenly find themselves back in the conversation for a playoff spot then big Ed might just have to stick with these guys and trust that they actually have talent after all. We'll find out soon enough.
Of course it was all the absence of Paul that doomed New Orleans tonight. The Sixer's played pretty well tonight too. They had all momentum in the world coming off the overtime over the Bulls and it propelled them through this game. They kept the pressure up on defense, forcing 12 Hornet's turnovers, and outrebounding them 46-36. Offensively, Andre Iguodala and Elton Brand continued their solid play, with 14, and 11 points respectively. Willie Green, again starting in place of AI, also chipped in with 12, but the big story for the Sixers on the night was their bench which simply obliterated the Hornets with 51 pts, as Lou Williams(11), Thad Young(19), and Rodney Carney(13) combined for 44 big points. Those points were really difference on this night with entire New Orleans' bench scoring just 27 points. It's hard to lose when your bench so thoroughly outclasses the opponent's bench, but the Sixers almost did in this one. After taking a 9 point lead into the half, they watch a New Orleans cut it to 6 heading into the 4th quarter. Fortunately, in the 4th the Sixers managed to stabilize and held off the late charging 101-94.
I don't have to tell you how remarkable it is that it took the Sixers over the half the season to compile they're first 3 game winning streak. It will be interesting to see if they can extend it to say 4 or 5 or even more. Who knows maybe there's life yet in the Sixer's playoff hopes. Sammy Dalembert registered 16 rebounds today, giving him double digit rebounds for the 13th consecutive game. What a gamer he is. At present the Sixers rather precariously at 18-31 overall. That's just good enough to be 11th in the Eastern conference, 5.5 games out of 8th. On the other hand that's also just bad enough for GM Ed Stefanski to be thinking about blowing up the team, by trading Andre Iguodala, and Sammy Dalembert in exhange for expiring contracts, or some other piece, that will help clear the space to make a run at things next season. So things will be very interesting for the next week or so before the all-star break. Should the Sixer go back to their old ways Stefanski will have no choice but to blow the team up or he might lose his job, but if the Sixers keep this up and suddenly find themselves back in the conversation for a playoff spot then big Ed might just have to stick with these guys and trust that they actually have talent after all. We'll find out soon enough.
Thursday, February 04, 2010
PHILLIES NEWS
The Phils signed reliever Oscar Villareal to a minor league deal today. He missed all of last season while recuperating from elbow surgery and will not take part in the Phils MLB spring training camp However, with a 24-15 record and a 3.86 ERA in his career, plus 9 wins out of the bullpen in 2006, he provides good insurance for the Phils at AAA Lehigh, should any injuries or poor play hurt the big league roster. So in sum the with Villareal to Phils continue to make themselves a much deeper team then they were last year. That could pay dividends late in the season when the Phils are able to remain fresh while other teams start to break down.
Wednesday, February 03, 2010
SIXERS NEWS
After barely beating the NBA's worst team, the New Jersey Nets, in their last game the Sixers couldn't have like their chances coming into tonight against Derick Rose and the Chicago Bulls, currently holding onto that 8th spot in the Eastern conference. Still, there they were hanging with the Bulls ,one quarter after another, refusing to let them getaway. They were actually up by 1 after the 1st quarter, down 7 at the half, and tied after 3 quarters, before pulling out to a lead midway through the 4th quarter. Eventually Chicago rallied back and the Sixers could easily have layed down at that point and taken the loss. Intead they uncharacteristically ratcheted up the defense and stayed right with Chicago until an Andre Iguodala pulled the Sixers even again at 94 all. Unfortunately, Iggy missed his next free throw and Rose came up short on a fadeway at the buzzer to send the game into overtime. The Sixer's tough defense took center stage as they held Chicago to just 9 points and pulled out the impressive 106-103 win.
The Sixer's defense really was great tonight, especially in the 2nd half. Overall they held Chicago to just 44% shooting from field and 36% shooting from beyond, while outrebounding them 43-41, blocking 7 Bull' s shots(Elton Brand and Samuel Dalembert each had 3 ) and forcing 17 Bulls turnovers. Offensively, the Sixers actually had the patience to run their offense for a change and keep the Bulls slowed down most of the night. They also had a few true scoring leaders for a change, kind of surprising considering A.I sat the night out to be with his ill daughter. The big players on this night were, Iggy with 25 points, 8 assists, and 8 rebounds, Elton Brand with 26 and 9 rebounds, and Sammy D with 10 and 13 rebounds for another double-double. At least this time foor a change the Sixers actually used Sammy's good to play fuel the win, rather than wasting it in a loss.
Even with the win over the Bulls the Sixers at 17-31 overall are still 6.5 games out of 8th in the Eastern conference. So better luck next year fellas, but thanks for the effort tonight anyway. In addition to the Sixer's top 3 performers, Lou Williams and Willie Green also scored in double figures. It's taken over half the season for them to get it, but tonight was officially the Sixer's first overtime win of the season thus far. Who knows maybe it will finally help them turn the corner and make a surprise run to the playoffs. It still seems unlikey though that they'll go anywhere this season, whether they want to or not.
The Sixer's defense really was great tonight, especially in the 2nd half. Overall they held Chicago to just 44% shooting from field and 36% shooting from beyond, while outrebounding them 43-41, blocking 7 Bull' s shots(Elton Brand and Samuel Dalembert each had 3 ) and forcing 17 Bulls turnovers. Offensively, the Sixers actually had the patience to run their offense for a change and keep the Bulls slowed down most of the night. They also had a few true scoring leaders for a change, kind of surprising considering A.I sat the night out to be with his ill daughter. The big players on this night were, Iggy with 25 points, 8 assists, and 8 rebounds, Elton Brand with 26 and 9 rebounds, and Sammy D with 10 and 13 rebounds for another double-double. At least this time foor a change the Sixers actually used Sammy's good to play fuel the win, rather than wasting it in a loss.
Even with the win over the Bulls the Sixers at 17-31 overall are still 6.5 games out of 8th in the Eastern conference. So better luck next year fellas, but thanks for the effort tonight anyway. In addition to the Sixer's top 3 performers, Lou Williams and Willie Green also scored in double figures. It's taken over half the season for them to get it, but tonight was officially the Sixer's first overtime win of the season thus far. Who knows maybe it will finally help them turn the corner and make a surprise run to the playoffs. It still seems unlikey though that they'll go anywhere this season, whether they want to or not.
FLYERS NEWS
The Flyers continued their road trip in Edmonton tonight against the lowly Oilers, who didn't have a single win in the month of Januay and had lost 11 in a row at one point before winningin their last game against the Hurricanes. Thus, for all intensive purposes this should have another Flyer's victory and 2 important points. In fact on the night the Orange and Black did out play the Oilers, even with Micheal Leighton starting in goal to give Ray Emery the night off. Just like in their last game the Flyer's were fairly dominant defensively, holding Edmonton to just 27 shots on goal, with Leighton saving 26 of them. Meanwhile, in about the 1st 2 and 1/2 periods all the scoring chances belonged to the Flyers as they got off 33 shots on goal. Unfortunately none of the 33 ever managed to get into the net. So despite the solid defense and goaltending, the Flyers just couldn't figure out a way to score and it cost them. Instead they found ways to waste one scoring chance after another, hitting the post, mishandling passes, skating right out of scoring chances and failing to put anything together on the power play.
It still looked like for the most part that the lack of scoring would not cost the Flyers a chance to at least get into overtime and earn a point. However, with a little under 2 minutes Darroll Powe was flagged for high sticking, to give Edmonton a power play for the remainder of regulation. The Flyer's did a pretty good killing off the penalty but on their last rush of the penalty Edmonton was just able to slip by the Flyers, particularly Mike Richards and feed ex-Flyer Ryan Potulny a perfect pass to slip the winning goal past a sprawling Leigthon. And so it happened with just 16 seconds left to put the Flyers behind 1 -0. The Flyers had time for one last rush into the Edmonton but it was too late and the Oilers were able to hang on for the improbable 1-0 win. So the up and down season continues for the Flyers. With the bottom of the Eastern conference playoff picture so tight, they really couldn't afford to lose this one against an inferior opponent, but they did and now they really can't afford to lose anymore. For now though they're still 6th in the East, but only 1 point up on 7th place Montreal at this point.
It still looked like for the most part that the lack of scoring would not cost the Flyers a chance to at least get into overtime and earn a point. However, with a little under 2 minutes Darroll Powe was flagged for high sticking, to give Edmonton a power play for the remainder of regulation. The Flyer's did a pretty good killing off the penalty but on their last rush of the penalty Edmonton was just able to slip by the Flyers, particularly Mike Richards and feed ex-Flyer Ryan Potulny a perfect pass to slip the winning goal past a sprawling Leigthon. And so it happened with just 16 seconds left to put the Flyers behind 1 -0. The Flyers had time for one last rush into the Edmonton but it was too late and the Oilers were able to hang on for the improbable 1-0 win. So the up and down season continues for the Flyers. With the bottom of the Eastern conference playoff picture so tight, they really couldn't afford to lose this one against an inferior opponent, but they did and now they really can't afford to lose anymore. For now though they're still 6th in the East, but only 1 point up on 7th place Montreal at this point.
Tuesday, February 02, 2010
EAGLES NEWS
The Birds made a few interesting personnel moves today. First they signed punter Durant Brooks to a 2 year deal, presumably to compete with incumbent Sav Rocca for the starting punter position. Considering Brooks has only averaged 39.6 yards per punt in his career it seems unlikely he would replace Rocca, who is capable of much more than that, but maybe just maybe he'll give Sav that little push he needs to get rid of all his inconsistencies and be the punter the Eagles know he can be.
A little later in the day it was announced that Dick Jauron, formerly the head coach of the Bills, last season, and the Bears before that, had been hired to be the Eagles new secondary coach. Outside of the 2001 season when he took the Bears to a 13-3 record and the playoffs(remember the Eagles beat them in the divisional playoffs that year) Jauron has mostly struggled as an NFL head coach. However, it has long been common knowledge that Jauron is one of the NFL's best defensive minds and he should be a big help to the Eagles now youthful secondary. Perhaps he'll even teach Asante Samuel how to press receivers and tackle, whenever he is told to, instead of whenever he feels like it. Furthermore he and Andy Reid used to be colleagues with the Packers under Mike Holmgren so Jauron should have no trouble fitting in with the rest of the Eagle's coaching staff
A little later in the day it was announced that Dick Jauron, formerly the head coach of the Bills, last season, and the Bears before that, had been hired to be the Eagles new secondary coach. Outside of the 2001 season when he took the Bears to a 13-3 record and the playoffs(remember the Eagles beat them in the divisional playoffs that year) Jauron has mostly struggled as an NFL head coach. However, it has long been common knowledge that Jauron is one of the NFL's best defensive minds and he should be a big help to the Eagles now youthful secondary. Perhaps he'll even teach Asante Samuel how to press receivers and tackle, whenever he is told to, instead of whenever he feels like it. Furthermore he and Andy Reid used to be colleagues with the Packers under Mike Holmgren so Jauron should have no trouble fitting in with the rest of the Eagle's coaching staff
Monday, February 01, 2010
FLYERS NEWS
The Flyers began a long road trip tonight in Calgary against the new look Flames, in their first game following a trade that sent defenseman Dion Phaneuf to Toronto for 4 players. None of the new Flames made a difference tonight against the Orange and Black. The Flyer's were just too strong defensively for the struggling Flames, loser's of 10 in a row coming in. All night long they just seemed to be a step ahead of the Flames and other than one shorthanded opportunity Calgary really never had any decent scoring chances on the night. In fact overall, the Flames got off just 18 shots on goal and Ray Emery smothered every one of them. It was simply the most dominant defensive performance the Flyers have put forth in a long, long time.
They focused so much on their defense tonight, that the Flyer's almost forgot to score. It was not until 10 minutes into the 2nd period that Mike Richards finally put the Flyers on the board. Early in the 3rd period Claude Giroux scored for a 2-0 lead. Finally with a little over 2 minutes to play Richards slapped home a power play goal to put Calgary away for good 3-0. Sure it was against the Flames who haven't been very good this season, but the way the Flyer's played tonight it's doubtful anyone would have had success against them and you have to applaud them for that. If they can keep playing like this each and every night, they'll be tough for anyone to beat for the remainder of the season.
In his Flyer's debut, Lukas Krajicek had a solid night. He moved the puck around well and helped to keep things rolling on the offensive end of the ice, and on the other end he did well to disrupt numerous Flames scoring chances. He might be just what the doctored for the Flyers. With the win the Flyer's now have 59 points overall, which is currently good enough for 6th in the East, but only 3 points out of 9th in the East, so they'll need it keep it going if they want to stay safely in the Eastern conference playoff race.
They focused so much on their defense tonight, that the Flyer's almost forgot to score. It was not until 10 minutes into the 2nd period that Mike Richards finally put the Flyers on the board. Early in the 3rd period Claude Giroux scored for a 2-0 lead. Finally with a little over 2 minutes to play Richards slapped home a power play goal to put Calgary away for good 3-0. Sure it was against the Flames who haven't been very good this season, but the way the Flyer's played tonight it's doubtful anyone would have had success against them and you have to applaud them for that. If they can keep playing like this each and every night, they'll be tough for anyone to beat for the remainder of the season.
In his Flyer's debut, Lukas Krajicek had a solid night. He moved the puck around well and helped to keep things rolling on the offensive end of the ice, and on the other end he did well to disrupt numerous Flames scoring chances. He might be just what the doctored for the Flyers. With the win the Flyer's now have 59 points overall, which is currently good enough for 6th in the East, but only 3 points out of 9th in the East, so they'll need it keep it going if they want to stay safely in the Eastern conference playoff race.
Sunday, January 31, 2010
SIXERS NEWS
The Sixers traveled to New Jersey tonight for matchup with the Nets, currently the worst team in the NBA with only 4 wins to their name. Thus, this should have been an easy win for the Sixers to snap their 3 game losing streak. They came out flat though and appeared to be coasting a little, as if they thought they didn't need to bring it to beat New Jersey. That almost cost them a 4th straight loss as the Nets jumped out early. Eddie Jordan had to resort to playing the bench for most of 2nd quarter just to wake the team up enough to pull within 2 by the half. They then built a nice lead in the 3rd quarter and led by 9 heading into the 4th quarter. However, they really should have been up by much more than that but couldn't shake the Lethargy they started the night with and it almost got them in the 4th quarter. New Jersey was able to rally within a score several times before the Sixers finally seemed to take control with a 6 point lead and 33 seconds left.
Then Yi Jianlian nailed a trey and Elton Brand missed two free throws on the other end to give New Jersey one more chance. Fortunately, they completely messed up their in bounds play with Jarvis Hayes throwing up a wild trey that had no chance. From there the Sixers finally made some free throws to put away the Nets 83-79. So in the end the Sixers didn't beat the Nets so much as the Nets beat themselves and when you need to hang on and hope the Nets make mistakes at the end of the game you've got problems. In fact the Sixers only shot 36% from the field, missed 11 free throws and got out rebounded by the worst rebounding team in the NBA. Yet they still won, which just goes to show how comically bad the Nets are this season. The Sixers can't expect to keep putting up numbers like that and lackluster efforts like this or they're not going to win too many more games this season.
In the loss Samuel Dalembert put up another double-double with 12 and 11 rebounds. That gives him 8 double-doubles in the Sixers last 14 games. The Sixers are just 6-8 over those 14 games , but sadly that's actually their hottest extended run of the season thus far. The Sixers are now 3-0 against the Nets this season, and that despite the Nets really outplaying them in all 3 games. New Jersey has had the Sixer's number this season, but they have been just inept enough to figure out a way to lose to the Sixers every time. So if nothing else at least the Sixers aren't as bad as the Nets. Things could actually be worse for them then 16-31 overall and a full 8 games out of the Eastern conference playoff picture.
Then Yi Jianlian nailed a trey and Elton Brand missed two free throws on the other end to give New Jersey one more chance. Fortunately, they completely messed up their in bounds play with Jarvis Hayes throwing up a wild trey that had no chance. From there the Sixers finally made some free throws to put away the Nets 83-79. So in the end the Sixers didn't beat the Nets so much as the Nets beat themselves and when you need to hang on and hope the Nets make mistakes at the end of the game you've got problems. In fact the Sixers only shot 36% from the field, missed 11 free throws and got out rebounded by the worst rebounding team in the NBA. Yet they still won, which just goes to show how comically bad the Nets are this season. The Sixers can't expect to keep putting up numbers like that and lackluster efforts like this or they're not going to win too many more games this season.
In the loss Samuel Dalembert put up another double-double with 12 and 11 rebounds. That gives him 8 double-doubles in the Sixers last 14 games. The Sixers are just 6-8 over those 14 games , but sadly that's actually their hottest extended run of the season thus far. The Sixers are now 3-0 against the Nets this season, and that despite the Nets really outplaying them in all 3 games. New Jersey has had the Sixer's number this season, but they have been just inept enough to figure out a way to lose to the Sixers every time. So if nothing else at least the Sixers aren't as bad as the Nets. Things could actually be worse for them then 16-31 overall and a full 8 games out of the Eastern conference playoff picture.
EAGLES NEWS
The pro bowl was tonight in Miami and unfortunately there were several Eagles playing in the game instead of taking the night off to prepare for the super bowl. Anyway despite the best efforts of multiple Eagles, the NFC lost to the AFC 41-34. Had the NFC won Desean Jackson would likely have been MVP with 6 catches for 101 yards and 2 TDs. Donovan Mcnabb connected with Jackson for the 2nd of those TDs, a primetime 58 yard reception. Other than that Mcnabb was not too effective, completing just 3 of 10 passes for 78 yards and rushing 4 times for 26 yards. Even in the pro bowl, with the best o-lineman and running backs in the conference, Mcnabb didn't get much help from the running and often had little time to throw. Go figure. Rounding out the Eagles on offense, fullback Leonard Weaver did almost nothing with 0 carries and 0 receptions, but he did have 1 tackle on special teams. Continuing with special teams David Akers was a perfect 2 for 2 on field goals and 4 for 4 on extra points. Jackson also returned 1 punt for 8 yards. Finally on defense, Trent Cole had 1 tackle, Quintin Mikell had a pair of tackles and Asante Samuel had an interception, but as usual, somehow avoided having to tackle anyone. So all in all, despite the loss, it was mostly a good night for the Eagles' pro bowlers.
FLYERS NEWS
The Flyers added defenseman Lukas Krajicek to their roster today for only about 700,000, and that's all they really could have afforded to with their limited cap space. With Ryan Parent on long term injury and now his replacement Danny Svyret also on long term injury the Flyers had to add someone with experience to their roster to fill in as their 7th defenseman. Considering that's all the Orange and Black are asking of him, it's hard to expect too much from Krajicek. However, he is supposed to have quick feet and soft hands with the ability to contribute on both ends of the ice. So who knows maybe he'll end being a pretty good acquisition for the Flyers and a real steal this late in the season.
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