The Pittsburgh Penguins and Vancouver Canucks aren’t very good at this favoritism thing. They were favored to win each of their first three playoff games this year. They were favored to win their conferences. Heck, they were even the favorites to hoist the Stanley Cup at the end of the entire NHL postseason.

Yet, here we are, shrugging our shoulders at a considerable collapse in the matter of days, in which the favorites in the east are essentially done. The Penguins are down 3-0 to the Philadelphia Flyers after a miserable week by goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury and Sidney Crosby is already fighting. Continue reading →