Broad Street Hockey Radio Travis, Ben, & Geoff

Hey, playoff time. Hey, playoff prediction time. Hey, BSH Radio time. We wont't bore you with a long introduction here. The Flyers and Penguins are playing hockey, and last night, some of us here at Broad Street Hockey sat on our couches, connected to Skype and talked about it.

As has become tradition, we also used this show to make postseason predictions. None of us picked the Flyers, so get excited! The Flyers have a chance to win the Cup! Oh, and we got helped from a special guest, too. See the predictions chart after the jump.

In lieu of the typical preview of the evening's game, today we're bringing you yet another riveting (ha) edition of Broad Street Hockey Radio. Geoff and I missed Ben this week, but we got on just fine with the knowledge that he hates Dane Cook as much as we do.
And without him, we actually did talk about hockey. From the GM meetings to the Atlantic Division playoff race to something about the Ottawa Senators, Episode 49 actually resembles a hockey podcast. Sort of.

We're back with another edition of BSH Radio, and we had a lot of catching up to do. Of course, none of that catching up had anything to do with the Philadelphia Flyers. Nonetheless, if you missed our voices, you can listen to us babble on for nearly an hour about Geoff's Thin Mints addiction and my apparent bewilderment that there are Washington Nationals fans in Washington, D.C.

We tried to get this episode up on Tuesday before the Sharks game, but we had editing issues (appreciate that, crashed hard drive). You'll have to excuse the talk of "looking ahead" to the San Jose game, then. Don't worry -- hockey talk was certainly secondary this week.

A week or so ago Travis, Geoff and I got together and answered most of those questions you left us. Not all, but most. Hear all about which Flyers beat writers we would take to our deserted island, what we would get the Flyer we drew in Secret Santa (with Googling advice from Travis), and, of course, a brief suggestion about how to explain Eurovision to a toddler.

And, like all great episodes of BSH Radio, this Luca Sbisa edition of the show ends with music.

Hey, new radio show! Geoff doesn't join us this week, but Ben and I talked about quite a bit. Topics covered:

- Injuries to Matt Read, Danny Briere and whoever else

- Chris Pronger being out of the lineup and how that hurts the defense

- How Pronger's absence has a trickle down effect on the entire defensive unit, all the way to Adirondack

- That whole thing with Ilya Bryzgalov

- The general sort of "eh, this team is okay" feeling that's surrounding the Flyers right now

- Our impending masthead trip to Glens Falls

- Other stuff

In Broad Street Hockey Radio 44, I (Ben) talk to three different people.

First, I talk to Geoff Detweiler, about important topics like logo-shaped pretzels and who will be the next Max Talbot.

Second, I talk to a Flyer about various stuff, including 24/7 and keeping count.

Third, I talk to BSH musician-in-residence MikeFive about his new song for us, which premieres at the end of this episode.

Right-click the following link to save and listen to BSH Radio 44, or play the embedded version after the jump. Or, better yet, subscribe to our feed via iTunes.

Enjoy.