*Happy playoffs kickoff day! That magical time of year at which we get to enjoy hockey without having to deal with the Flyers. Speaking of the dumb Flyers, it was exit interview day on Friday and Charlie’s got the ten most important things you should take away from what we heard. [The Athletic]
*One of the more notable things was Kevin Hayes’ almost explicit admission that he knows he’ll be traded this summer. [BSH]
*Tortorella made it pretty clear too. Stinks that it ended up this way for Hayes; he’s had about as tough a year as a man can have. [NBC Sports Philly]
*We also heard about the future of Cam Atkinson from Cam Atkinson himself. [Inquirer]
*We put a bow on the Break Up Day festivities in the lastest episode of BSH Radio. [BSH]
*At the start of last season we here at Broad Street Hockey made some predictions about how things would shake out and you have to admit, we did pretty dang good. [BSH]
*Speaking of good, the Flyers’ kids made it clear this season that the future of this team isn’t totally bleak. [Inquirer]
*In other news, our old pal Ron has found himself out of a job again. [Pensburgh]
*Have you checked out our Sunday Puzzle yet? It’s a lot of fun. We hope you’re enjoying them. [BSH]
*Anyway, back to the playoffs: the full first round schedule is out. As is always the case with this stupid playoff format, the first round will almost certainly be the most fun. So plan your nights, fam. [NHL.com]
*And finally, before tonight’s puck drop take a few minutes and enter our BSH Bracket Challenge! We’re giving away actual prizes this year. It rules. [BSH]
