Chapter 1: What are the key matchups in the Philadelphia Flyers vs Pittsburgh Penguins series?
We are getting a Battle of Pennsylvania for, I think, the first time in, what, 14 years? Since, I think, 2012. It's a long, long time and long overdue. Now, before we get into this, just a reminder, download the Spark app or click the link in the description. We want you to be a part of our massive playoff bracket here at SDPN. Over 10,000 people signed up last year in less than like four days.
It's going to be even bigger this year. Definitely get your picks in because there's an enormous prize, which we have yet to announce. But it's going to be big. It's going to be huge.
Chapter 2: What are the playoff implications for the Flyers and Penguins rivalry?
Now, Pennsylvania, all right, this has been a very weird 10, 12 years there. The Flyers, really up and down. The Penguins, mostly up, lately down, back up again. And it feels a little sad that Claude Giroux isn't here to enjoy it. But what do we make of the... Well, he's in Ottawa. He's in Ottawa. They could still meet.
Chapter 3: How do the Montreal Canadiens stack up against the Tampa Bay Lightning?
But it's not the same without Giroux there. I don't even know where to start with this. So I guess I'll start with goaltending. And Dan Vladar has had a great season. But Stuart Skinner's been to back-to-back cups.
Yeah. Yeah. I mean, those are true statements.
Chapter 4: What players should we watch in the Canadiens vs Lightning series?
Those are true statements.
It might be using the truth to lie, but like, well, he was playing in all their Stanley Cup games. Yes. Each time he went to the Stanley Cup finals, they did need some Calvin Pickard magic sprinkled in there in the second round.
Yes, he will be part of the equation there.
Chapter 5: What are the strengths and weaknesses of the Boston Bruins vs Buffalo Sabres matchup?
You got Archer Shelofs too. We know he can play games. We know he can rise to the occasion. Will he is the big old question. Never, never at the beginning of the season did I imagine there would be a Penguins Flyers series and we would be previewing it going, well, the Flyers have a clear advantage in that. What?
Chapter 6: How do injuries impact the Bruins vs Sabres playoff series?
So you say clear advantage. I do. I do. Dan Vladar has been consistent all season long. Stuart Skinner arrived in Pittsburgh, was unplayable, then great, and then not very good.
Chapter 7: How do the Ottawa Senators compare to the Carolina Hurricanes in the playoffs?
888 save percentage with the Penguins this year.
She loves. Which in 2026 is not a disaster.
It's also not good. 889 she loves.
Same thing? Jesse Blake. To me, this series starts with how unbelievable it is that we are here. Yes, yes.
Chapter 8: What strategies will the Senators use against the Hurricanes?
Last July, August, there was one team who was selling, and that was the Pittsburgh Penguins. We guaranteed that they were going to finish 32nd, and Kyle Dubas is doing his whole rebuild thing, and they are going to be so bad. And all season long, they've been one of the most consistent playoff teams in that Metro division.
And then the Philadelphia Flyers, on the other hand, on February 1st, were eighth in the wildcard race. So that's third last in the entire Eastern Conference. They had 58 points. They were 24, 20 and 10 and nine points back of the Buffalo Sabres, who were in the second wildcard spot. The Philadelphia Flyers had a worse record than the Leafs, the Sens, the Panthers, the Capitals, the Jackets.
And all of a sudden, they're third in the Metro after going on an unreal run from the Olympic break onwards.
And let me just add to that. In the 14 games before the Olympic break, 3-8-3. Terrible.
3-8-3. You're toast at that point. The Metro was there for the taking for a team to get hot. That's all you had to do. Get hot. And it's yours because that third spot, the points are going to be so low. And the Flyers said, bet? We can get hot. And they did.
And they're still hot to end the season. You two found it ridiculous that I said the Flyers are hanging around like maybe two haircuts ago.
And the Flyers fans have really led us away with that. They have definitely not reminded us of that every day.
By the way, whenever we're referring, we say, oh, Flyers fans. It's just Insider J Money. Insider J Money, yeah.
And this should be Insider J Money Panderfest because the Flyers have done what you thought maybe they could, but it is impossible that they did it considering what they were for 54 games of the season.
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