from Frank Seravalli of the Philadelphia Daily News,

In truth, the Flyers’ season was finished weeks ago, when they limped home from an eight-game road trip with five straight losses to some of the NHL’s least impressive competition.

Or, maybe the death knell truly began in November, when the Flyers staggered through a 1-8-1 stretch that saw coach Craig Berube throw darts seemingly around the entire locker room to determine healthy scratches on an underwhelming roster.

No matter. There will be plenty of time over the next 3 months to dissect when, where and what caused the Flyers to unravel.

What cannot be debated is that last night served as the first obvious moment when the Flyers stopped believing. With atrocious body language and even less energy, they were shut out for the second night in a row and whipped, 4-0, by a Vancouver team that had scored only two goals in its previous three games.

It didn’t take much more than one goal allowed to make the mentally fragile Flyers to crumble.

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