*The North Division finally kicked off their playoffs last night, and tonight we’ll get Game 1 of what will surely be a fun Habs-Leafs series. Anyhoo, yesterday we got news of Scott Gordon leaving, yesterday morning we got a report of his probable replacement. [Inquirer]
*We talk a lot about the idea of the “eye test” versus the numbers. But they should work together, right? Brad did a little experiment to see just how often the eyes and the numbers agreed. [BSH]
*Let’s kick off the mock expansion draft protection lists with the best: Charlie’s first pass at who the Flyers will protect and who they’re willing to lose.