*After a long, long layoff, the Flyers got back to action over the weekend with a game up in Montreal. It… did not go great for them (but, we suppose, it did go well for the tank?). We’ve got our own recap and takeaways here. [BSH]
*And as if that wasn’t enough, Charlie’s got his own observations (his live from Montreal) here. [PHLY]
*That loss also meant, of course, means that they’ve officially been eliminated from playoff contention. [NHL]
*In the world of prospects, there’s a lot of good going on! Everyone loves the OHL guys in Denver Barkey, Oliver Bonk, and Jett Luchanko. [BSH]
*More on Barkey here, and the deep dive we did into one of his recent games. [BSH]
*Rookie Karsen Dorwart sure had an interesting rise through the hockey ranks. [Inquirer]
*Speaking of rises, Alexis Gendron has been rapidly rising up the organizational depth chart, and he’s punctuated his excellent season by hitting the 20 goals scored mark. [BSH]
*The folks over at the Athletic also decided on who in the pipeline they were most impressed by this season. [The Athletic]
*Brad Shaw remains impressed by Matvei Michkov’s progress. [BSH]
*Oh also there was some history made! Lest we forget, Alex Ovechkin is the NHL’s new all-time leading goal scorer. [Washington Post]
*And finally, a good old fashioned BSH deep dive — digging into the psychology behind slumps for athletes. [BSH]
