the match between Montreal Canadiens vs Philadelphia flyers has being cancelled because..
On the U.S. portion of their tour, the Montreal Canadiens recovered from starting a road trip with just one point against the three Canadian teams in the Pacific Division to a.500 record with victories over the Seattle Kraken and the Colorado Avalanche. Three of the top four teams in the Western Conference were scheduled to play Montreal before they left for that trip. They will now spend the next ten days at home playing five of the Eastern Conference’s playoff clubs.
They begin play against a team that, had John Tortorella not been in charge and refused to let the walls to fall, most likely would have been rebuilding. The team merely needs to hang on because it has been performing above its station the entire season.
rebuilt in the absence of John Tortorella’s refusal to allow the walls to fall. The team only needs to hang on for nine more games to qualify for the postseason after playing above its station the whole season.
A few weeks ago, Tortorella noticed the system starting to break down and decided to leave captain Sean Couturier off the starting lineup. The Flyers were playing a difficult run of games, many of which they were playing against the same clubs that Montreal would be playing at home this week. A protracted slump could have eliminated the team from the postseason race. After five games, the record was 2-1-2, good for six points, with Philadelphia presently leading the
In the five games that followed, Philadelphia finished with a 2-1-2 record, good for six points that now placed them in third place in the Atlantic Division and three ahead of the Detroit Red Wings, who are currently ranked tenth in the East.
