Surprisingly the "professional" at NHL.com are in favor of the Pens. 11/16 of them picked the Pens to beat the Flyers and 10/16 picked the Pens to win it all. Maybe I was watching a different NHL but what the [censored] are they thinking. Did these guys really value that last game of the year so heavily? Flyers handled the Pens this year and have handled them in their new stadium. Flyers are clearly the better team as long as the Bryz from March shows up and even if he doesn't they still should beat them.
In their eyes, it's pretty simple: The Penguins are probably to most talented team in the NHL. The problem is, it isn't THAT SIMPLE. The most-talented team doesn't always win.
I stand by my earlier statement. If the Penguins manage to somehow get by the Flyers without any major injuries, they have a great shot at winning it all; however, they face their toughest match-up in Round 1 and could easily be knocked out. I'm not saying they would breeze past all the other teams. It's just that the Flyers seem to have the Penguins' number.