3. I could see Philadelphia considering someone like Marc Staal if not going the Ellis route.

The Flyers need to stop losing games if this is going to happen because they’re currently on the outside looking in and have a points percentage closer to sixth-place than to playoffs (Technically Pittsburgh is 3rd in the East but have a lower P% than 4th-place Boston).

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