*THE FLYERS’ ROOKIES ARE BEST FRIENDS. Warms the heart. Probably good for the hockey, too. [NBC Sports Philly]
*For some reason, hockey folks in this town are very high on Cole Bardreau. Kid’s not bad, but there are players on the Phantoms I’d promote before him. [Courier-Post]
*Speaking of Phantoms that should have a shot at making the team, Nicolas Aube-Kubel would make a fine addition to the Flyers but he seems hell bent on messing that up by continuing to throw dirty hits. [BSH]
*The Flyers have a bit of a log jam at defense at the moment, but if they moved on from some of their current players, there are a couple of free agent defensemen that could be an improvement. [BSH]
*Some of our Metro rivals, however, seem to think that the top of that FA defensemen list won’t be worth his contract. [All About The Jersey]
*T.J. Brennan is having himself a nice little playoffs for the Phantoms. [Courier-Post]
*Morgan Frost has added another award. He’s good, folks! [OHL]
*Have you guys voted in our community draft board poll? If not, you totally should have, but first out of the gate according to you guys is winger Andrei Svechnikov. [BSH]
*You guys watching Worlds? The teams you’d expect to be doing well are, in fact, doing well. [Yahoo Sports]
*And finally…the Conn Smythe. Who ya got so far? [ProHockeyTalk]
