Today’s open discussion thread, complete with your daily dose of Philadelphia Flyers-related news and notes …
- Some more previews: [Backhand Shelf] [Bill Meltzer] [delcotimes] [Of Ice & Men] [Driving Play]
- A history of the Flyers/Penguins rivalry: [The Checking Line]
- Braydon Coburn is going to play a pivotal role in this series: [Sportsology]
- Maxime Talbot is not surprised he has to face the Penguins in round one: [NHL.com]
- Looking at the two goaltenders and why the arguments floated by most don’t carry any weight: [The Checking Line]
- A pretty great infographic on this series’ numbers: [Broad Street Blogs]
- The Flyers need to get off to quicker starts: [CSN Philly]
- Scott Hartnell is looking for a physical series: [Daily News]
- Zac Rinaldo is going to be blogging on Philly.com. Here’s his first: [Frequent Flyers]
- Jaromir Jagr is ready to be hated: [delcotimes]
- Scouting report on the two teams: [Daily News]
- The Flyers are talking about their youth: [Inquirer]
- Jeremy Roenick joins the long list of media members whining about the Penguins whining: [Puck Daddy]
- Here’s a Pittsburgh article claiming that the Flyers crumble when Crosby is at his best: [Post-Gazette]
- The yearly Ray Shero remembers the Bullies story: [Daily News]
- Travis was on a bunch of podcasts lately. [Flyers Faithful] [The Pensblog] [The PensNation]
- Where is Gary Dornhoefer now? [CSNPhilly]
- Previewing all 16 playoff teams: [SBNation.com]
- Previewing the entire NHL playoffs: [Arctic Ice Hockey] [Daily News]
- The Oilers won the draft lottery and will pick first overall for the third straight year. Columbus will pick second: [SBNation.com] [The Copper & Blue] [The Cannon] [Backhand Shelf] [Puck Daddy]
- Only one other team in professional sports has picked first overall three straight years: [The Copper & Blue]
- The Rangers signed Chris Kreider and will burn the first year of his ELC by having him report for the playoffs: [SBNation.com]
- Why Henrik Lundqvist should win the Vezina Trophy: [Brodeur is a Fraud]
- The NCAA Frozen Four is over but Tampa Bay was a pretty good host: [Deadspin]
- Anthony SanFilippo chimes in (long time!) with an unfriendly reminder that there is the looming CBA battle hovering over the league: [Delco Times]
- Previewing the Eastern Conference: [Down Goes Brown]
- BSH Radio 50 was recorded last night. All of our predictions, plus a special expert you’ll want to listen for…
