You: Damn the Flyers lost a big game, they might miss the playoffs
Me (an intellectual): The Flyers haven't won four games in a row all year so that means they'll win the next three to get in, lose Game One to Pittsburgh, and win the next three which means two home playoff wins
We must remember. It’s the Flyers. If they’re going to make the playoffs, it is going to be in the most torturous way and if they miss the playoffs, it is going to be in a stupefyingly heinous way. There is no in between.