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The Tampa Bay Lightning and Philadelphia Flyers will try to jump back into the playoff race when the two squads face off on Monday.
When it comes to trades, no one knows how to garner the spotlight better than Philadelphia Flyers general manager Paul Holmgren. The manager shipped off an unsuspecting Jeff Carter despite assuring him that he would never leave the Flyers. He did the same with former captain Mike Richards that same summer of 2011. It seems that the next guy that could potentially be shipped out of Philadelphia is Danny Briere.
The battle of Pennsylvania resumes on Thursday night when the Pittsburgh Penguins visit the Philadelphia Flyers.
The Tampa Bay Lightning (6-2-0) will look to continue their strong start when the head to Philadelphia on Tuesday evening to take on the struggling Flyers (3-6-0).
The Philadelphia Flyers (2-5-0) and Washington Capitals (1-5-1) have been perennial contenders for the last few years. The Flyers won the fifth seed in the Eastern Conference last year and made a run to the second run of the playoffs. The Capitals entered the playoffs as a seven seed but took down the defending champions on route to pushing the top seeded New York Rangers to seven games. However, neither team has looked like a bonafide contender in the early going.
The Philadelphia Flyers (2-4-0) will face off against the New York Rangers (2-3-0) at the Madison Square Garden.
The New York Rangers got the monkey off their back by defeating the Boston Bruins at home on Wednesday. The team will face an equally desperate team that is attempting to avoid a dismal 0-4 start when New York travels to Philadelphia to take on the Flyers.
Now that the NHL is back it is time to concentrate on the teams in the race for the Stanley Cup.
