Penguins Flyers Pros and Cons

A little feature I'm going to try to keep up on gamedays is a little pros vs cons list. I will make 2 or 3 points for each for every game.

For opening night, Penguins vs Flyers, here are my pros vs con


PROS:

• The Pens are opening their new arena. There is going to be a buzz and lots of energy. I look for the Pens to come out strong and really take it to the Flyers
• Pens won 5 of 6 against the Flyers last year and 20-8 the last 4 years. They are also 2-0-2 in games against the Flyers to open the season
• Flyers G Leighton is out with a back injury as well as Lapiererre. The Flyers weak spot is considered to be goaltending and Fleury should be able to outdo Boucher or Bobvrosky

CONS:

• The Flyers are pretty solid at the rest of the positions although Pronger is out tonight.They have a nice collection of skill and grit at  forward with  Jeff Carter, Mike Richards, Claude Giroux, James van Riemsdyk, Ville Leino, Scott Hartnell, and Nikolai Zherdev
• The Flyers are riding a wave of confidence coming off their surprise Stanley Cup run last season
• The Pens have to be careful not to get too eager with the opening of their new building. I'm sure the guys want to get off to a fast start and give the fans something to cheer about. At the same time, they need to stick to their game and play 60 minutes