Flash problem isn't why you are not connecting. Flash will show up as no left side, you won't have any of the play now information. Zio might have hit it on the head, something wrong with bookmark/shortcut. If you can't get online elsewhere with Chrome, something is wrong with Chrome.
Read this for better information on what is going on with Flash and Chrome.
https://www.chromium.org/developers/npapi-deprecation
What it means is, as of right now you can workaround the disabled Npapi, which is Adobe Flash, among other things. This applies to chrome 42. Apparently it appears you let Chrome update and now you have a problem. In September that workaround will cease to work and nothing Npapi will work in Chrome. Version expected at that time is 45. At that point you will be stuck with Pepperflash if you continue to use Chrome.
I run a version 40 Chrome and have no problems, but I don't use it to play the game. Other browsers work much better then any version of Chrome. On my computer at least, yours may be different.
Disable the Npapi Flash and enable the Ppapi Flash (this is pepperflash), and it will work again. You are probably going to find it doesn't work well. It might on your computer, so give it a try.
The other and best choice is to find another browser to run the game in.
There are many other different ones available, just find the one that works best for your setup.