*The quarterfinals of the men’s tourney at the Olympics begins today, with Canada taking on Dan Vladar and his Czech teammates this morning, and then later on this afternoon Team USA will face off against Sweden. For his part, Auston Matthews is looking every bit the leader USA Hockey needed him to be. [AP]
*Speaking of hockey surprises at the Olympics, there have been a few worth talking about a little bit. [ESPN]
*We actually got a little something resembling Flyers news yesterday, as the team called up Carsen Bjarnason to participate in practice with the big club this week. [BSH]
*And it looks like Carsen isn’t the only one:
*While we are talking Flyers, what if they went after Jeff Skinner? Is that nuts? [BSH]
*Let’s move on to prospects, hmm? The 25 Under 25 blurbs continue here in this last week of the break, with a look at the guys that landed at spots 16 through 14. [BSH]
*Guess everybody is talking prospects during this long break from the Flyers; Chuck’s got his Top 20 prospects list over at his website. [PHLY]
*And finally, Denver Barkey and Trevor Zegras living together is probably hilarious, but it’s also probably part of the reason why Barkey’s transition to the NHL has gone so well. [NBC Sports Philly]
