from Steve Simmons of the Toronto Sun,

- The Leafs said they wouldn’t rush William Nylander. He has played 10 NHL games, most of it at centre, and heading into Saturday night has yet to register his first assist. He doesn’t exactly look NHL-ready. The good news is, he’ll go back to the Marlies and hopefully get in a long playoff run.

- Every time I get close to believing in the Philadelphia Flyers, they slap me back to some kind of reality.

- Old seems new with the Los Angeles Kings right now: Vinny Lecavalier is scoring at a 20-goal pace. Kris Versteeg is making a difference. Rob Scuderi is getting serious minutes and Luke Schenn isn’t terrible. What seemed desperate by Dean Lombardi now is appearing to be reasonable.

- The Washington Capitals are the best regular season team in the NHL and all of its stars were brought to Washington by former GM George McPhee. The big move made after McPhee was fired and replaced by Brian MacLellan was the hiring of coach Barry Trotz.

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