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*The World Championships kicked off on Friday with the USA getting destroyed by Team Canada 5-1. This won't do. Get it together, Americans. [ProHockeyTalk]
*Team USA beat Belarus in their next game, which like...it's Belarus. Auston Matthews had two goals. [ProHockeyTalk]
*Scott Laughton wants to be a top six forward on this team. [CSN Philly]
*This article postulate that the R.J. Umberger trade is starting to pay off for the Flyers. Oh. [The Hockey Writers]
*Meltzer on Dave Hakstol and why Craig Berube should be given another show at coaching in the NHL. [Hockeybuzz]
*Matt Read seems to be without a role on Hakstol's team. [CSN Philly]
*Looking ahead to the draft, the Flyers are likely to take a scoring winger which would be a cool thing to have. [Sons of Penn]
*Someone in the Flyers' organization thought it was a good idea to give Justin Bieber a #16 Flyers jersey. [BSH]
*Despite the Hakstol connection, UND star Drake Caggiula decided to go with the Oilers. Never underestimate the lure of Connor McDavid and a giant ridiculous shopping mall. [The Copper & Blue]
*The Stanley Cup made an appearance at the Kentucky Derby over the weekend. It did not wear a stupid hat. [ProHockeyTalk]
*Finalists for both the Hart Trophy and the Ted Lindsay award have been announced. Pat Kane is up for both.
*This is always fun: Canadian major junior drafts always reveal that people are naming their kids stupid names. Edge? REALLY? [Puck Daddy]
*The story behind hockey's most famous photo. [Deadspin]
*And finally, here's Jakub Voracek playing ping pong with Claude Giroux and then arm wrestling with Radko Gudas. It's definitely the offseason, folks. [BSH]