PITTSBURGH — Not many prognosticators give the Flyers a chance in their first-round playoff series against the two-time defending Stanley Cup-champion Pittsburgh Penguins.
The Flyers understand.
And they like it that way.
“I think everybody in the media says we’re the underdogs, but no one in our room really thinks that,” Nolan Patrick, the Flyers’ blossoming 19-year-old rookie center, said after the team’s practice Tuesday in PPG Paints Arena. “… We had close games against them [in the regular season], and we know what we’re capable of. We’re a confident group going in.”
The best-of-seven series will start Wednesday in Pittsburgh.