Can The Flyers ?Carry? The City Of Philadelphia?

from Sam Carchidi of Broad Street Bull, The Phillies, shockingly, are out of the playoffs. The Eagles are 1-4 and on a road to nowhere. The 76ers _ and the rest of the NBA _ may not play this season.

And, so, suddenly, the Philadelphia sports nation has turned more of its attention toward the 2-0 Flyers?.

?Why not? We?re entertainers, I guess, and go out there and play an awesome game that we grew up playing,? winger Scott Hartnell said after Monday?s practice in Voorhees. ?The city is behind us, and we know they?ll be there, win or lose.?

Having a good start ?obviously helps the momentum and people are focusing on us,? Hartnell said. ?We have to go out there and use that to our advantage. Play hard and win games.?

The city?s other teams? woes ?doesn?t change anything for us, really,? defenseman Braydon Coburn said. ?For us, the focus doesn?t change with outside pressure. We have a goal and we?re trying to build on our regular season. We?re a young, new group and we?re trying to build some chemistry.?

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