Bryzgalov: ‘I'm terrible'

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Ilya Bryzgalov stared into the cameras, didnt blink and bared his soul.

You have terrible goalies, its no surprise why you have terrible goals, he said after the Flyers' 9-8 loss (see story) to the woeful Winnipeg Jets on Thursday.

Not since Ron Hextall has a Flyer goalie truly thrown himself under the bus. Bryz did.

I have zero confidence in myself right now, he said. If you probably throw a ball instead of the puck, Im not gonna stop it.

The Flyers' 51 million goalie has four straight losses. Hes given up 18 goals over that span.

He came in behind by four goals against Winnipeg. His teammates got him a lead. He couldnt hold it.

Im terrible, Bryzgalov said. I will apologize in front of the fans and in front of my teammates. I dont know what is going on. I have no answer.

I thought the last game in Montreal, nothing can happen that would be worse. Today was worse.

He said hes never felt like this in his nine-year NHL career. Forget about communication problems with his shoddy defense. Its worse than that, he said.

We cant stop the puck; its very simple, he said. You cant ask more from the forwards. They score eight goals and were still losing. Terrible goals and its meI'm lost in the woods right now.

His coach, Peter Laviolette didnt buy it. Not entirely.

As a group, generally speaking, when youre giving up too many goals and not getting the result you are looking for, thats an easy question to ask, he said.

But theres confidence in him and what hes done in the past. And confidence in our ability to play. But weve got work to do.
E-mail Tim Panaccio at tpanotch@comcast.net

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