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*Well, that’s a wrap. One last time, here’s what we learned from the final loss of a very long, very frustrating season. [BSH]
*It was a good day for Mark Friedman, though, who was rewarded for his outstanding play with the Phantoms with a call-up for the final, meaningless game on Saturday. [Philly.com]
*Jake Voracek was not particularly pleased with the way the Flyers played out the season. Because it was bad. [NBC Sports Philly]
*The team handed out its awards before the game Saturday and here’s who took home the prizes. [BSH]
*There are a lot of questions to answer this summer. So far, not a ton of answers. [Philly.com]
*Charles offers some suggestions in his postmortem for the season. [The Athletic]
*As usual, the exit interviews provided some interesting nuggets from the players. [Flyers]
*Anyhoo, the playoffs are set! Plan your lives. [USA Today]
*Even with our team out of the mix, it’s still the most fun time of the year. [Yahoo Sports]
*A couple of other teams had some drama at the end of their seasons. The Oilers, for example, have finally killed Connor McDavid. [The Copper & Blue]
*And the Panthers fired their coach. In fact, so did the Kings and the Sabres. Getting wild out there. [ProHockeyTalk]
*So I’ll just leave this here, for your Monday morning enjoyment:
The #FlaPanthers have a press conference scheduled for Monday. Could a new coach — Joel Quenneville — be introduced? “I can’t tell you,” Dale Tallon told me. Then.. “That would be our goal. Yep.” Here is my story on last night, working on a new one now: https://t.co/Dm8dVmrp34
— George Richards (@GeorgeRichards) April 7, 2019