Flyers at Capitals preview: Go Birds

Here we are, folks. It’s time we talk about the biggest sporting event that a Philadelphia team is participating in this weekend: the one that the Flyers are taking part in.

I kid, of course.

Still, we’ve got a good appetizer here to Sunday evening’s main course of Philadelphia sports, as the Flyers have a very interesting matchup with the Metropolitan Division’s top team down in D.C.

On the surface, this is a bit of a “feels like a loss” game. The Flyers are on a back-to-back, on the road, against a team that had Saturday off (after playing at home this past Friday night). The team they’re squaring off with, after a rough opening stretch this season, has been on a bit of a tear for a couple…