Oh no. Please, no. Not this matchup right now.
A Philadelphia Flyers team that has lost 12 of their last 13 games is about to face the reigning Stanley Cup champions for the first time this season. If we had to think of any analogy to get a guttural reaction for what this game might just end up being like, it might just be an owner of a Ferrari really egging on a person in a 1992 Miata that has one headlight working and something leaking out of it, to a drag race.
The Colorado Avalanche are not the perfect team — coming off a long Cup run and have some injuries right now — but they still boast some of the most talented hockey players on the planet and they are facing a Flyers team that is sputtering and spinning out of control on their way to the bottom of the standings.