I am surprised by the lack of furious blog entries from passionate Flyers fans all ranting and raving about the two questionable calls in last night's loss to Montreal.  I expected a ton of entries.  I guess it's just the state of the NHL that not as many people put their thoughts down.

Anyway, the two calls - the high-stick goal and late kneeing penalty on Richards - were angrily debated this morning on HTM on XM 204.  They announcers thought both calls were fair, although they did acknolwedge that Kovalev's goal looked like a high-stick.  But the calls were what they were, and that's the problem with screaming over calls.  The players still have to play.  The goal-scorers still have to find the net, the goalies defend it.  The refs made two calls, and both stood up, and yet everyone is saying that those two calls alone defined this game.  Two giant moments - yes, that much is definitely true.  But if luck - or if you prefer, karma - doesn't have Carter's stick break on the huge face-off in the Flyer's zone at the end of the game...

Karma is a funny thing.  It grants, and then penalizes.  The Flyers may have earned some karma last night - so maybe that's the way to solace yourselves as you prepare for game 2.  Think of it this way - the close calls that went your way in game 7 of the opening round drained your karma reserves...so perhaps last night will replenish it.  And maybe now Montreal has lost some of their karma. 

Who knows?  All I know is that in about 5 hours the Arena will be rocking, and game 1 starts.  Now that's good karma!