Friday Morning Fly By: Insert 'Martin Brodeur Is Old' Joke Here

Today's open discussion thread, complete with your daily dose of Philadelphia Flyers-related news and notes ...

• The Flyers will play the Devils in the Conference Semifinals, beginning Sunday afternoon at the WFC. [BSH] [the700level] [The Checking Line] [Bill Meltzer] [CSNPhilly] [Inquirer] [Flyers Faithful] [delcotimes.com]
• The lessons learned from Ilya Bryzgalov and his humangous big contract: [The Copper & Blue]
• Roberto Luongo is likely going to be traded this summer: [SBNation.com] [Nucks Misconduct] [Puck Daddy]
• Teams who can use one of the best goalies in the League are quite excited: [Raw Charge] [The Cannon] [Pension Plan Puppets]
• The Flyers don't think the long layoff will result in rust: [CSN Philly]
• Looking at the past 15 years of Flyers' playoff goaltending shows they had five amazing performances, one good one, and Sean Burke. Somehow the conclusion is still that the goaltending was poor. I don't get it. [Flyers Faithful]
• Arguing that the NHL needs to send stronger message on dirty hits, with an NBA anecdote: [Phil Sheridan]
• Teams that wear black get called for more penalties: [NPR]
• High school hockey parents want criminal charges for a clean - but violent - hit: [Deadspin]
• Looking at two of the closest series' ever, where Braden Holtby makes the difference and Corey Crawford costs his team a win: [Brodeur is a Fraud]