Pekka Rinne & Shea Weber Move On Out of Nashville: Traded To Flyers

Yesterday on Pekka Rinne's instagram, this photo popped up with him & Shea Weber holding Philadelphia Flyers hats:



Flyers fans rejoiced! Only to find out it was an April Fool's joke. Damn Pekka, you got everyone good huh? It's a great prank but it's been attempted before:



My favorite one this year by far is the one claiming Jeffery Loria, owner of the Miami Marlins, is selling them to Mickey Arison, owner of the Miami Heat, for $680 million. Still, if the trade went through, the Flyers need a lot more that Pekka & Shea to pull them out of last place in the soon to be gone Atlantic.

Shanahan laying down the law

The new enforcer for player's safety in the league, Brendan Shanahan, has laid down a 4 game suspension to Buffalo Sabres winger Patrick Kaleta after delivering an intentional headbutt to Philadelphia Flyers winger Jakub Voracek. See for yourself and judge whether or not he deserves it:



He's a repeat offender and for shots like that you need to serve time.

Incredible night!

Though my Panthers lost in the last 2.5 seconds tonight, we had an incredibly wild match-up between the new Jets franchise and the feisty Flyers: