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Now that upstart Los Angeles is in the Stanley Cup Finals, it would be only natural if two certain Flyers felt a twinge of disappointment that they weren't part of the Kings' surprising playoff run.

The Los Angeles Kings are three wins away from capturing the Stanley Cup, and hockey fans in Philadelphia have mixed feelings on LA's success.

In the City of Brotherly Love, Flyers fans will watch the Stanley Cup finals through gritted teeth and buyers' remorse over pricey authentic jerseys of their former stars that hang in the closet with little reason to see daylight.

The Kings have ex-Flyer employees everywhere. On the bench . In the front office .

When the Philadelphia Flyers traded then-captain Mike Richards and goal-scoring phenom Jeff Carter 30 minutes apart during the 2011 NHL offseason, eyebrows were raised so high they caused permanent wrinkles to the forehead of the hockey world.

For most of us, it's a no-brainer. In a few days, either the New Jersey Devils will again be in a Stanley Cup Finals or the New York Rangers and their Darth Vader coach will be.

Los Angeles Kings' Mike Richards and Jeff Carter celebrate the game-winning goal by Dustin Penner as Phoenix Coyotes' Ray Whitney skates away in overtime during Game 5 of the NHL Western Conference finals Tuesday night in Glendale, Ariz.

Brittany Dashiell and Nora Barry each scored three goals and top-seeded Florida advanced to the semifinals of the NCAA women's lacrosse tournament for the first time with a 15-2 victory over Penn State in the second... Brittany Dashiell and Nora Barry each scored three goals and top-seeded Florida advanced to the semifinals of the NCAA women's ... (more)

Giroux had surgery on his right wrist to repair torn cartilage and surgery on left wrist to remove bone spurs.

We don't necessarily know when all of these injuries occurred, but we do know that five key Flyers were suffering from injuries during the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

Weber felt "betrayed" by Radulov: "I was one of the guys that stood up for him and wanted him back" PHT's Morning Skate takes a look around the world of hockey to see what's happening and what we'll be talking about around the NHL world and beyond.

It has now been over a week since the Philadelphia Flyers A were dispatched in five-games by the New Jersey Devils .

After a stunning opening round victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins , the Philadelphia Flyers pulled off a shocker of a different variety in round two when they were promptly dismissed in five games by the heavily unheralded New Jersey Devils .

Devils defenseman Anton Volchenkov lies on the ice after a hit from Zac Rinaldo of the Flyers in Game 5. Devils defensemen Anton Volchenkov and Marek Zidlicky, both sidelined in recent days with unspecified injuries, returned to the ice for practice today at the AmeriHealth Pavilion.

The last remaining Scarborough player in the NHL playoffs will have to survive another seventh and deciding game on Saturday night to continue on in the post season.

The new-look Flyers fell apart in astonishing fashion in the second round of the playoffs.

Not after the Flyers showed in the regular season that they were one of the NHL's most explosive teams.

Bryce Salvador, David Clarkson and Ilya Kovalchuk scored goals to lift New Jersey to a 3-1 Game 5 win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday night, sending the Devils into the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time since 2003.

Claude Giroux's one-game suspension caused Flyers coach Peter Laviolette to tinker with his lines, a common occurrence in this Turnpike Series with the New Jersey Devils.

New Jersey Devils defenseman Marek Zidlicky took a big hit from Philadelphia Flyers forward Wayne Simmonds toward the end of the second period of Game 5. He remained down for a bit, and played the remainder of the second period of the Devils' series-clinching 3-1 win.