from Mark Madden at the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review,

If the Penguins could have chosen a foe from among all Eastern Conference playoff qualifiers, it would have been the Philadelphia Flyers.

The Penguins went 4-0 against the Flyers in the regular season. It's hard to imagine the Penguins not winning their first-round series vs. the old enemy.

But what if they don't?

That's the worry when you're favored to beat your big rival: living with the aftermath of an upset.

But the Penguins will defeat the Flyers. Five games seems a likely length, though four is more probable than six.

The Penguins are a rotten matchup for the Flyers. The Flyers can score, but the Penguins score more. The Flyers have star power, but Claude Giroux and Jakub Voracek don't remotely compare to Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin.

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