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...