*The second round is beginning to come into focus for us now, and you’d probably be lying if you said things have shook out the way you expected. These playoffs have been a big steaming pile of parity thus far and oh boy does the league love that. [Calgary Sun]
* If you were too busy doing holiday things this weekend to notice the news that was uh... everywhere non-stop for two days, then you missed the fact that the Flyers have elected to retire Kate Smith from the game time festivities. And also remove her statue.