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?

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