Coming into Thursday night’s game against the Dallas Stars, it felt like the Philadelphia Flyers were facing a true test. A visitor that was destined to be a Stanley Cup favorite and had a bevy of young talent mixed with vital experienced, appeared to be a team that was dangerous enough to contend for the top of their division and eventually go on to find some success in the postseason.
But when they came and stepped on to the ice of the Wells Fargo Center, all they got was a barrage of offense and were on the backs of the backs of their heels for the next hour of action.