The question I hope to find the answer to in an hour or so is not “why was Jon Tavares skating around with no pants on a couple years ago” but rather “is Mike Richards really becoming the captain of the Flyers?” With two integeral goals before Christmas against the Lightning and then a goal and a shootout winner against Carolina last night Richards has looked like what a captain should look like, and been a significant reason why the Flyers are now 4 points ahead of where they were a week ago. s If all goes well tonight across the league a win could see us leapfrog the Isles and Lightning and land only 3 points out of the 8th place spot in the Eastern Conference. We’d be on a 3 game winning streak and the doom and gloom scenarios that have been painted for the past month may all fade to the archives of the Inquirer and Daily News. s I, as well has the hundreds of Flyers fans I just had to fight my way through in Penn Station, hope that this is the case. The Flyers smoke the Isles in regulation and Boston does the same to the Panthers, and suddenly we’re right back in the playoff mix. s And one of the reasons I really believe it can happen is that since Santa was extra nice to me this year I’ll once again be wearing my Lucky Lappy hoodie, which as of yet is undefeated:   WJC Update The shithead Candians beat Latvia 16-0 yesterday while the Americans came back from a 2-0 deficit to beat Slovakia, who knocked them out of medal contention last year, 7-3. The US takes on Luca Sbisa and Team Switzerland at the same time the Birds take on Brian Dawkins this afternoon. Watch which ever ass whooping you like, because both will be massacres.

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