Back in the day, the Penguins-Flyers rivalry featured plenty of fisticuffs, roughhouse play and spilled blood. It was Paul Baxter vs. Behn Wilson, Jay Caufield vs. Jeff Chychrun, Gary Roberts vs. Ben Eager, Big Georges Laraque vs. Riley Cote and Deryk Engelland vs. Wayne Simmonds, to name but a few battles and battlers.
In keeping with the general trend of the sport, it’s a kinder, gentler rivalry these days, with nary a dropped glove.
Just don’t tell the Flyers that.