Mike Johnson

I think a lot of people might be surprised.

Philadelphia, Pittsburgh.

Philly up 2-0.

Pitt had this great year.

I talked to you guys about Pittsburgh being the number one 5-on-5 goal scoring team since January.

But what people don't realize, when it comes to chances, low event, expected goals, high danger chances against Pittsburgh,

Philadelphia, surprisingly good.

And in this series, it's basically Philly defense versus Pittsburgh offense.

And right now, when Pitt's sitting there halfway through a game with six shots, eight shots, whatever it is, it's the defense and the underlying numbers, oh, that I know you are well aware of, of the Flyers and how good talk has them playing without the puck.

It's...

It's surprising because you don't think necessarily of them as a defensive juggernaut, but when you watch them play, you call their games, you look at their numbers, they can slow the game down to a grind.

And when they play it that way, it has advantaged them over Pitt.

No.

That same year we played juniors, he played at the World Championship.

He was an extra guy and he played two games at the end.

In those two games, I said to Gordon, he's better at this tournament than he was at the juniors.

He was really pretty... For a guy that was maybe contending for first overall, he wasn't great at the World Junior.

Maybe that system or whatever was going on that year.

But

Maybe he's just a guy that plays better with men.