Today’s open discussion thread, complete with your daily dose of Philadelphia Flyers news and notes…
- The Flyers will face the Bruins in the second round: [SB Nation Philly] [Philly Sports Daily] [CSNPhilly] [Inquirer] [NHL.com]
- Full schedule for the second round: [BSH] [SBN Philly] [delcotimes.com] [In the Room] [Flyers Faithful] [The700level.com] [Philly Sports Daily] [Inquirer] [Flyer Files]
- Schedule for the Capitals–Lightning series: [Washington Times]
- Reasons things look good for the Flyers: [Daily News]
- Filed under “Obviously”: The Bruins want to make up for last year: [NHL.com]
- The team was given the day off, but still was looking forward to seeing who they would play: [CSNPhilly] [Frequent Flyers]
- Now, they can focus on the Bruins: [Inquirer]
- James van Riemsdyk = boss: [Philly Sports Daily]
- Peter Laviolette answered some questions: [Flyer Files] [NHL Hot Stove]
- Chris Pronger proved valuable in Game 7. Did we link this yesterday? Well, it’s still a story: [SBNation.com] [NHL.com] [delcotimes.com] [Inquirer]
- Danny Briere has some unkind words for the Sabres in his recent diary entry: [Flyer Files]
- Disputing a report from Tuesday night that Michael Leighton left the Flyers: [Philly Sports Daily]
- Unsung Series MVP? Dan Carcillo. Probably not, but… maybe: [Flyers Goal Scored By…]
- Greenville is out of the playoffs, but Andrew Rowe, Shane Harper, and Marc-Andre Bourdon were impressive in the ECHL: [PostStar.com]
- FGSB eulogizes the Sabres: [Puck Daddy]
- Former Flyer R.J. Umberger was voted Team MVP by the fans and Most Courageous by his teammates: [The Cannon]
- The three finalists for the Selke are Ryan Kesler, Pavel Datsyuk, and Jonathan Toews: [NHL.com] [Puck Daddy]
- And looking at just how good Pavel Datsyuk has been: [Hockey Prospectus]
- Was no suspension for Milan Lucic the right call? [SBNation.com]
- Were you critical of the NHL’s deal with NBC? Well, shame on you: [SBNation.com]
- Because they always generate arguments: Hypothetical NHL realignment should a team move: [Washington Times]
- And this comes about as a result of the Winnipeg Mayor hinting that the Thrashers could be moving before Phoenix: [TSN.ca]
- Uh, Jack Edwards goes on a rant. Again. He. Is. Crazy: [Puck Daddy]
- A league-wide look at Fenwick with the score tied during this year’s playoffs: [Behind the Net]
- Lastly, a Round 1 update on Hartnell and Versteeg “Hartnell’ing” [Down Goes Spezza]