*With the Phantoms out of the picture and the draft still over a month away, it would appear things are slowing down in the Flyers Cinematic Universe. Not a ton of links, is what I’m saying. BSH will never let you down, though. Here’s what The Experts were saying about the Rick Tocchet situation yesterday. [BSH]
*Related, wow the Penguins’ coaching vacancy is sooooo interesting and sooooo appealing. Don’t pass up that kind of opportunity, Tocc! Or stay on TV. Whatever. [Sportsnet]
*Summer is player grades time and we’re continuing our series with a look at New Guy Jakob Pelletier, who started to look like maybe he had a little something towards the end of the season. [BSH]
*The BSH Community Draft Board also rolls on, and up at number 16 you’ve chosen another big winger making noise in the Q. [BSH]
*If you’re a subscriber over at the failing New York Times, Kurz is doing a mailbag. Folks love those things. [The Athletic]
*The Flyers are going to need to find some high-upside reclamation projects as this rebuild moves into the next phase, and there is no more successful example of this than Jack Eichel. How’d Vegas do this? [ESPN]
*And finally, DGB revisits some extremely specific ’24-’25 season predictions. As usual, hilarity ensues. [The Athletic]
