from Frank Seravalli of the Philadelphia Daily News,

They are a flawed team that, probably because of the crest on the front of its jersey, believes it is better than its competition.

You can talk about parity, how every night in the NHL's salary-capped world is tough, how every team works hard. That's coach-speak. It's impossible to argue the Flyers did not spend time glancing at the standings before playing last week. Losing one or two games out of those final four could have happened to any team, especially on the heels of a long trip that changed time zones five times for eight games.

How else do you explain a maddeningly inconsistent team that has beaten the defending Cup champion Kings twice, taken the Ducks to overtime twice, and pounded the Penguins this season?

When looking at the standings, the Flyers must have glanced over their own name, buried near the bottom on that list.

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