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They need to buy out Johansen and Atkinson. That's the correct move in this rebuild. Opens up roster space, not much cap pain over two years that don't matter anyway. Building for Michkov.

Hey, man, I'm just following the maxim of "if the glass is half empty, add ice - it's hockey." And, yes, that's bourbon reference. And then there's this...

I'm an advocate of tearing the thing back to the studs and rebuilding, but I also get the idea that you have to have some sort of structure in place when you're bringing in players. A lot of times, you just can't have someone be fed to the wolves and hope they can fend for themselves. After watching the press conference, what I came away with is that they haven't decided what's next with regards to the rebuild. They gave the generic answers that I expected (i.e. "nobody expected this from us", "we need to add more talent", "not at a point to give up young talent for veterans", etc....They heaped praise on a few people and then just did the typical lip service non-playoff teams give. To me, everything depends on what happens at the draft. That's going to be the epicenter of their off-season plans. They've given no real morsels on what they plan on doing at the draft. Cap management is going to have to be a must though. They need to lose some salary, so I think that might get some priority there. For instance, if they move Atkinson and say they have to take on a bad contract, are they willing to take on a lesser deal, but with more years? That's the type of deal I'm expecting Briere to make.

Didn't watch the replay on Panarin's check on Oshie. The refs went to the revision for a potential major penalty but he surprisingly didn't get anything while Oshie remained out in the concussion protocol

Very good hockey game. I still think this series goes 6 or 7. The Caps made a nice push at the end, to try and tie it.

Furious 6-on-5 at the end, but no score. A respectable result but Caps lose both MSG tilts.

Both goalies playing out of their minds

4-3! Tom Wilson seems to tip Hendrix Lapierre’s blue-line shot past Shesterkin.

Great chances for both teams, and both goalies have come up huge. Vas made a great save on Tkachuk, almost as tremendous as Bobrovsky's,

Here it is https://bleacherreport.com/videos/564836-sergei-bobrovsky-makes-a-save

Holy crap...what a save by Bobrovsky on Dumba. Back turned as Dumba tried to flip it into what he thought was an empty net, and Bob got across and got his glove on it..somehow to keep it out. That's the best save I've seen this season.

Once again they the Flyers outbid themselves...he was making roughly 275k is Russia to hitting the mother load in US...i feel like i'm being punked...where is Ashton?

Bruins loss in game 2 was so depressing. I hope they don't shoot themselves in the foot the way they tend to do.

I loved how the Ranger just took the puck from Ovechkin tonight and the Rangers scored a shorty. Ovechkin will never get another Cup, that's for sure. The Caps have too many bastards on the team. I hope they never win another game until they retire: Wilson, Oshi, Ovechkin.

Tom Wilson is a scumbag, plain and simple.

I hope not. He's an overrated moron on and off the ice. It would be a fluke if he passed Gretzky since he's not even close to as great a player.

I agree. I like both players. They are merit to play in NHL. Like I said before, because they play hard, skilled and they are persistent in their production. If they can produce at least a half of point per each game then they will have a solid value for the overall Wild team's stats which we need a lot. Hope they will have a nice individual training in the Wild club during entire summer like Rossi did last year. Or maybe they will be able to develop some chemistry during that time too. Rossi's progress was evident in 2 seasons , in my opinion and in the opinion of my co-workers , just because of additional personal training with coaches during off season. And maybe Kaprizov will find some time to be involved during their training too? I am sure he is not planning to go in Russia during the summer and will spend a good portion of time in Minnesota. And he likes practicing a lot during off season.

Lazy play from Ovechkin leads to an odd man short-handed rush and the 4-2 Ranger lead late in period two.

A Jack Roslovic super-snipe high short side on the pp put the RAGamuffins back up 3-2.

To answer the thread's title question I'd say trading Konecny means a more thorough rebuild is underway. I never thought they'd consider trading him. He's the heartbeat and the energizer for the Flyers. But after the way the season ended maybe Jones/Briere are re-thinking their strategy. Trading TK is the Flyers admitting "building a Cup contender will take longer than we thought." And then I watched Briere's exit presser.... never mind. They're not re-thinking anything...Laughton is a Flyers Lifer, TK too. I doubt Briere makes any hockey trades this summer. Maybe a buyout or a mercy trade for Atkinson...maybe Ristolainen gets dumped somehow somewhere...but no hockey trades. Briere sounds perfectly content to let things roll the way they are now going into next season.

Dylan Strome wakes up, rushes to the net on the PP, and tips the ol’ biscuit into the basket for 2-2. Blimey.

Likewise! No the Lumina is in Chevy heaven. I now drive a 22 Equinox. Had to buy a new one after a young girl plowed into my rear end on railroad tracks 2 years back. Seat belt saved me. New news is I have an ice pack on as I watch some playoffs, need myelogram in a month, I’m certain it’s herniation at C6/7, fusion likely coming.

Wow. No thanks, I’m used to getting my balls busted!

I had to find something, anything to make that ridiculous number less painful. The combined cap hit is all I could come up with... sue me.. I think what happened is Danny offered 3.25 million rubles so it's actually only $35K a year. How he got around the league minimum is the real story here...

Mika Zibanejad wiiiiide open on the Rag power play for the 2-1 lead. (Interesting that he actually hails from the country of Zibanejad, nestled amongst neighbors and once Soviet Union provinces Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan.)