*The boys are in Dallas tonight; will the pick up loss number six? PERHAPS! The Stars are good. Anyhoo, Assistant Coach Rocky Thompson had some pretty choice words for his team after he coached them to a loss in St. Louis. [BSH]
*You can probably guess who he is talking about. Kevin Hayes probably knows who he is talking about. [The Athletic]
*So back to Rocky coaching the boys to a loss… John Tortorella seems like he plans to take in the rest of the season with a birds-eye view. What’s he doing up there? [BSH]
*On the “good news” end of the spectrum, perhaps the Flyers aren’t as thin at center as we feared they were? Maybe? [Inquirer]
*Chatting with fans on the socials media makes it seems as though the preferred route to a rebuild begins with trading anyone with any value over the age of 25. Which, fair. It’s one way to do it. The Flyers will not do it, though. They don’t need to. [BSH]
*And that’s why you don’t trade Scott Laughton. [NBC Sports Philly]
*And finally, if you’re a fan of those DGB-style thought exercises where you construct a team based on a series of parameters, well have I got something for you! Specifically, a look at which of the NCAA Tourney schools can make the best team out of alumni in the NHL. [ESPN+]
