from Steve Simmons of the Toronto Sun,

- How do you get a goalie like Igor Shesterkin? For the most part, you get lucky. Shesterkin was the 11th goalie chosen in the 2014 NHL draft. Among those taken before him: Thatcher Demko, Alex Nedeljkovic, Vitek Vanecek, Elvis Merzlikins, Ilya Sorokin and Ville Husso. That’s a strong year for goalies. Five or six starters from four rounds of the draft. Shesterkin was a third-string goalie on a KHL team when the Rangers picked him.

- Keep hearing assumptions that Johnny Gaudreau, who grew up half an hour outside Philadelphia, will sign as a free agent with the Flyers this summer. Needless to say, Calgary wants to keep Gaudreau, who finished the season with 115 points and a league-leading +64, the highest plus-minus number for a forward since Wayne Gretzky in 1987.

- Really, is anyone sitting home wondering what the betting line is for the second period of a playoff game? Is there any real demand for this stuff or are networks simply playing to their multitude of gambling advertisers and their own gambling interests here? Until there is proven demand, this is gratuitous and unnecessary.

- I don’t remember Victor Hedman looking as slow he appeared in the first two games of the Eastern Conference final. Normally, he can slow the game down to his speed and succeed. The best players do that. He has certainly struggled with the Rangers through two games.

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