The Philadelphia Flyers are a good team with a young and talented core, and they seem to have their best days ahead of them. But the Pittsburgh Penguins are a better team with a younger and more talented core, and their best days are here and now (and probably ahead of them too).

With 47 games in suspensions during the first 10 games of the season, the Philadelphia Flyers are beginning to regain the reputation created by the 1970s version of the team.