Tortorella takes a risk with rookie netminder as Flyers' playoffs hopes hang in the balance

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John Tortorella has made a big call going with the rookie netminder, especially given the Flyers' playoffs hopes are on the line.

John Tortorella has made a big call going with the rookie netminder , especially given the Flyers ' playoffs hopes are on the line.BUFFALO, N.Y. — There’s a scene in one of the early episodes of the television show “Letterkenny” where the hockey players, Jonesy and Reilly, are sitting in a locker room talking to Coach.

Reilly, played by Dylan Playfair, says to him, “So what you’re saying is, we’re at this level,” while demarcating the line at his chin, “butFlyers say it’s the ‘perfect time’ to hit the road as they reach the final stretch “We just need to be better, in everything we do. We’re taking on water here a little bit and this is a time of year that — even before we started 10 or 15 games ago talking about the seven games against the top teams — it’s the time of year everybody ramps up their game,” Tortorella said. “I think we did that. I think in that seven-game stretch, I think we left some points on the board, two or three points I thought we deserved. We didn’t get the

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