By: Steve Johnson
Today Flyers head coach Peter Laviolette announced that rookie goaltender Sergei "Bob" Bobrovsky will be his netminder in the playoffs. It's no shock that "Bob" is named the starter over veteran Brian Boucher, but it does bring some concerns. This time last year twenty two year old Bobrovsky was playing in Russia, while the Flyers were making the same switches in net with Boucher and Michael Leighton. One year later, the rookie has earned his shot to take the Flyers to their 2nd consecutive Stanley Cup Finals. It's not that the rookie hasn't had a great year, but the inconsistency is what concerns Flyers fans. "Bob" is 4-6 in his last 10 starts with the Flyers, four of those losses when it counts the most in Overtime or Shootouts. Luckily though for the Flyers, there are no shootouts in playoff hockey. Overall, "Bob" is 28-13-7 on the year, with a 2.51 Goals Against Average, and a .917 Save Percentage. Those numbers represent a bright spot for the future of the Flyers goaltending job, but the Flyers need a bright spot in the present. With the season dwindling down, and the Flyers stumbling with injured players, they still represent the 2nd seed in the Eastern Conference. With two games remaining, and the playoffs set to start next Thursday the 14th, "Bob" and the rest of the Flyers need to turn their jets on, if they expect to make another run at Lord Stanley's Cup.
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