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Thursday Morning Fly By: Into the homestretch, hockey fans.

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

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*How is it June already? Anyhoo, the Flyers have a busy month ahead. What with the second overall pick and all. [Sports Talk Philly]

*Apparently the Vegas Knights are interesting in maybe taking on bad contracts for picks. Insert eyeballs emoji. [BSH]

*Word is Shayne Gostisbehere and the Flyers have been in talks, but Ghost isn't ready to sign yet. What should we expect from his new contract? [Philly Is Flyer]

*The salary cap might be flat next season, so what we sign Ghost for is a little on the important side. [BSH]

*The NHL is totally cool with playing games in China because "growing the sport" but not letting its players go to the Olympics. [Yahoo Sports]

*The offside challenge is bad and the league needs to get rid of it ASAP. [The Cannon]

*No seriously, this thing is literally ruining the game. [The National Post]

*And now, an oral history of a man who threw a very large fish onto the ice in Pittsburgh. [Puck Daddy]

*And finally, the Flyers make an appearance in DGB's rundown of the best game twos in league history. That's fun. [The Hockey News]