Episode 351: Quarantine Rewatch, Flyers vs. Penguins 2012

With no live hockey for us to watch right now, we’re going back in time and rewatching classic playoff games from the past instead. In Part 4 of the PDOcast Quarantine Rewatchables, Charlie O'Connor helps deep dive the 2012 first round series between the Philadelphia Flyers and Pittsburgh Penguins, which has all of the goals, fights, and action you could ever possibly ask for from a playoff matchup. The categories we cover include: 1:30 What makes this entire series rewatchable 9:00 Paul Holmgren's YOLO team building approach 15:00 Sizing up how the two teams matched up 22:00 Flyers pursuit of number one defensemen and goalies 29:30 What aged the best: Flyers forward depth 34:00 19-year old Sean Couturier 42:00 The highs and lows of Marc-Andre Fleury's career 46:00 The dual Jeff Carter and Mike Richards trades 53:00 The Penguins lack of secondary scoring in this era 1:07:00 James Neal's tirade and the referees blowing it 1:11:30 Turning point and most rewatchable sequence 1:17:00 Sidney Crosby vs. Claude Giroux 1:24:00 Biggest heat check performance and 'That Guy' 1:29:00 Peak Pierre McGuire 1:37:00 Giroux, Crosby, Malkin and Apex Mountain 1:55:00 Who won the game? Stay safe, get comfortable at home, kick back with a beverage of your choice, and watch along with us here. You can also go back into the archives of the show and catch up on the previous Quarantine Rewatchables we’ve already done: Penguins vs. Red Wings 2009 Bruins vs. Maple Leafs 2013 Canucks vs. Blackhawks 2011