Top Line: Broad Street echoes; biggest lesson of 2014 NHL playoffs; more links

An annotated guide to this morning's must-read hockey stories:

• Here's great piece from Mike Sielski on Dave Schultz and Dale Rolfe and a fight that still resonates 40 years later.

• Tonight's start against the Rangers will shape the maturity of Philly goaltender Steve Mason.

• The across-the-board lesson from the opening round of the playoffs? No lead is safe anymore.

• No, Game 5 in St. Louis isn't a must-win for the Blues. But considering they've lost their past seven playoff road games, they might want to go ahead and take care of business at home.

• The NHL's best road team can't wait to go home after scoring just one goal in two games in Minnesota.

• The Avs received an update on the status of Matt Duchene. The news was not good.

• A team’s best players know when to elevate their play — late in games and late in a series. Jarome Iginla and Boston's top line did exactly that to lead the Bruins to a series-shifting OT win over Detroit on Thursday night.

• The Red Wings have made a valiant run through adversity, but their Game 4 loss showed that they're finally out of gas.

• Big performances from Marian Gaborik, Dustin Brown and Jonathan Quick allow the Los Angeles Kings to fight another day.

• Damien Cox is puzzled by the surprisingly slow pace of change for the Capitals, Maple Leafs and Canucks.

• Scott Cullen considers the Sabres' ongoing rebuilding project in Buffalo and surmises, not surprisingly, that it's going to take some time.

• Bill Hoppe the Sabres might have an unexpected treasure in forward Tim Schaller.

• Well, at least the Edmonton Oilers can say they're better than the Chicago Cubs.

• Paul Stewart opens up about the difficult transition from player to referee.

• Tampa Bay Lightning prospect Jonathan Drouin is putting up some ridiculous numbers in the QMJHL playoffs.

• Top 2015 draft prospect Jack Eichel is tearing it up at the World Under-18s over in Finland. Ryan Kennedy takes a look at the big stories emerging from the tournament.

• Ben O'Conner is taking an unusual route to become a world-class player. Development opportunities can be hard to come by in non-traditional countries, so this is a promising step for GB hockey.

• Before Zach McKelvie could play pro hockey, he needed to get permission ... from his commanding general.

just to see what would happen.

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