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The NHL Closer is written by Greg Wyshynski, of FanHouse and The Fourth Period. He is also the author of Glow Pucks And 10-Cent Beer.

Zero victories in nine games and, as of this morning, out of a playoff berth. Simon Gagne done for the season after a concussion. (A concussion? For a FLYER?) Derian Hatcher jumping into aquarium shark tanks. Buffalo fans pointing and laughing at $10 million for a minus-24 from Danny Briere. Flyers fans venting their frustration in every desperate way imaginable … like claiming their coach resembles former NJ Gov. Jim McGreevey. (”that’s all. i hate him too much for words but he def looks like him.”) So, yeah, things could be going better in Philly right now, which begs the question: Are the Flyers crazy enough to do something stupid at the trade deadline (or vice versa)?

“It’s pretty much rock bottom now,” said Flyers captain Jason Smith after last night’s 3-1 loss to San Jose, which only proves Smitty wasn’t in Philly last season. If you’re one of these Moneyball-lovin’, book-learnin’ stat-heads that believes numbers always tell the story, then the fact that the Flyers failed to earn a single power play against the Sharks last night speaks volumes about their lack of desperate measures in these desperate times. But I believe it was that great hockey philosopher Stephen Colbert who once said, “We are a nation divided between those who think with their head, and those who know with their heart.” And in my heart I know that this death spiral could be a good thing for hockey fans, because it might force the Flyers into doing something really balls-out wacky at the deadline. Missing the playoffs would simply be a continuation of the personal hell they burned in for most of last season. It is not an option.

Then again, as The 700 Level wonders, maybe this is really all the Flyers need to turn things around.

“Hey Clarissa…Do You Want To Play Battleshits?” Nashville lost a critical Western Conference game last night to Vancouver, 3-2 in the skills competition, but who really gives a rat’s ass about that when there’s more imp
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