The Flyers and this season's President's Trophy winners have played already four times this year, and now they'll play in the first round of the playoffs. Let's talk about the Capitals, and this series.
Today's Morning Observations will instead be an introductory look at none other than the Washington Capitals, who of course the Flyers will be playing between four and seven times over the next two weeks. We'll break much of this down in further detail over the next few days, but consider this your intro to the series.
- Generally speaking, a team that clinches a playoff berth on the final weekend of the season is going to be seen as an underdog in a series to a team that clinched the President's Trophy two weeks ago.