I have come across some stuff on Twitter and the Philadelphia Flyers Facebook page after last night’s game blaming the loss on netminder Ilya Bryzgalov. People are pointing out his performance in the shootout last night which the New York Islanders took 2-0 to win the game 1-0.
Bryz earned his 25th career shutout and is the third player to reach that milestone in a Flyers uni, the other two are Martin Biron and the legendary Bernie Parent. Even though I have been one of Bryz’s most vocal critics, there is no way I can blame him for the loss.
The reason the Flyers lost last night is because of Evgeni Nabokov. He was simply stellar in net and is the sole reason the Islanders won. The Flyers had plenty of chances of last night 86 in all 45 shots on goal, 24 shots were blocked, and 17 missed the net. ”We didn’t score tonight. It wasn’t from the lack of trying, it didn’t go in the net,” said Flyers coach Peter Laviolette. ”It is one thing when you are not getting the opportunities and you are not getting the looks.”
I know the popular hashtag on Twitter is #BlameItOnBryz but not last night.
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Yes Bryz is the reason the Flyers lost to the Islanders. The Flyers played great they out shot the Islanders 45 to 18.Bryz didn’t have many shots on him because the Flyers played realy well and when it was time to come up big for his team in the shootout he let the first two shots go passed him. Get rid of Bryz he is not a starting goalie that is for sure. Keep Bobo in for like 10 games and see what he does in them 10 games I bet he does better than Bryz..
The questions though is how can you blame him, he stopped everything in the regulation and overtime. If the teams puts a shot in net the Flyers win, but they didn’t. Nabokov was the reason they lost that game, he played like a man possessed I am a bigger Bobs guy than I am Bryz for sure, but Bryz has had great numbers lately. Bobs will get his shot tonight though because Bryz has the flu.