Wednesday Morning Fly By: The long calm before the finish

*Well, looks like the Islanders are doing some stuff. [Lighthouse Hockey]

*No hockey until tomorrow, because the NHL loves to stretch things out. But once we get back to game time, it’ll be the Caps’ series to lose. Here’s five reasons why they are on the verge of winning the Stanley Cup. [The Hockey News]

*And, because you gotta hear both sides, here are ten ways they could absolutely blow it. Which would be very, very Caps of them. [Vice Sports]

*Anyhoo, the Flyers! Meltzer has some quick hits for your Wednesday morning. [Hockeybuzz]

*Isaac Ratcliffe, the tallest prospect, has been named Captain of his Guelph Storm for next season. Pretty cool. [BSH]

*We’ve gotten to the Flyers’ pick in our community draft board and, spoiler alert, it’s a defenseman! [BSH]

*The Flyers should just go ahead and lock Ivan Provorov up for the next 20 years. [NBC Sports Philly]

*Our wrap-up of the Phantoms’ playoff run continues with a look at the sleepers. [BSH]

*As we head into the end of the season, maybe, probably, DGB picks his all-disappointment team from the players on the rosters of the eliminated playoff teams. These kinds of lists are fun if you ask me. [Sportsnet]

*And finally, new BSH Radio! We’ve started to finally wrap up our hard-hitting analysis of last season by diving into our player grades. Time to start looking forward, right? [BSH]

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