The Blame Game: Florida Panthers @ Philadelphia Flyers ... LIVE! Later

PHILADELPHIA -- Good afternoon kiddos, and greetings from the City of Brotherly Shove.

Folks up here are a bit upset with the Phillies after they opened their season with a loss to the Braves on Sunday.

The nerve of those defending world champions!

Big night at the Sportsplex tonight, what with the Panthers playing the Flyers and Game 2 of the 2009 baseball season going on next door at the Bank Ballpark.

Parking should be fun tonight.

Flyers are one point away from clinching a playoff spot and they are trying to move up in the world. Should be a good effort by the Broad Street Bullies tonight.

-- The game is being broadcast locally up here, so enjoy the Flyers feed back home. Fox Sports and Sunshine made the decision not to carry tonight's game in the Sunshine State because, well, the Panthers aren't all that important to them. After all, they're the ones who decided to only do 65 of the 82 games this year.

A lot going on, sure, but they made this decision a while ago. It was a gamble; after all, the Panthers have been out of contention by this point most years so I can see why they rolled the dice.

Full schedule on the Fox/Sun dial tonight with the Marlins, Heat and Lightning all taking up the space.

-- Better yet, the Panthers even got bounced from their radio home. If you tune in to 790 The Ticket tonight expecting to hear Randy Moller's goal calls, good luck. Maybe Marlins announcer Dave Van Horne will get into the act instead. Hanley Ramirez swings and hits a long drive to left..It's up, up and away! Make me a motorcycle, clown! It's a Marlins home run!

With the Marlins on 790 tonight, the Panthers move down the dial and take up residence on 640-AM.

-- The Panthers are having a watch party tonight at the two Carolina Ale House locations (Weston and Boynton Beach). The Flyers TV guys promise to send a shout out to all of you watching their feed.

If you go to Weston, ask for J.P. Good guy. He'll take care of ya as you watch the game.

-- Also, Quarterdeck at Sawgrass is expecting a good crowd for the game tonight. That's always a good option.

-- If you are stuck at home or like bringing your laptop to bars, tune back here tonight for another LIVE! edition of On Frozen Pond. We'll be eating popcorn, twittering, a whole bunch of stuff. Come on back now, ya hear?

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-- Speaking of scheduling conflicts, this one is a doozie: If the Panthers go deep into the playoffs, they may run into a scheduling snag as the arena will be hosting Cirque du Soleil from May 27-June 7.

If the Panthers make it to the Stanley Cup Finals, maybe they can play in Miami. Or they could set up the Orlando Arena for hockey. Hey, Tampa's rink will be open, maybe the Panthers could take up residence there?

-- Nothing much out of practice today. No changes to the lineup, no real, well, anything. Philly coach John Stevens says he expects his team to come out with focus and determination tonight saying they have to play like a desperate team too. They are counting on Florida coming out fast and hard. We'll see. Sometimes they do, many times they don't.

-- Monday's Games (and how they affected the Panthers): Buffalo loses to the Red Wings. The Sabrays still have a chance, but it's pretty slim (like me!). Also, Montreal got stung by Ottawa 3-2. Might make the Habs mad going into tonight's game. Which is pretty big too.

-- Tuesday's Games (and who the Panthers would be rooting for if they weren't so busy chowing down at Genos)

Canadiens @ Rangers, 7: Yeah, this is a big one. Rangers and Panthers are tied, so, thinking the Panthers are rooting on the Habs.

-- The Standings (presented by Sliders, just 771 feet from home plate at Camden Yards; courtesy of TSN.ca)

Eastern
Rank	Team	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	GF	GA	Home	Away	Last 10	Streak
1	y-Boston	78	51	17	10	112	260	181	28-6-6	23-11-4	8-1-1	Won 6
2	y-Washington	79	48	23	8	104	260	234	29-9-3	19-14-5	6-2-2	Won 1
3	x-New Jersey	79	49	26	4	102	237	201	27-11-1	22-15-3	3-6-1	Won 2
4	Philadelphia	78	42	25	11	95	255	229	23-12-4	19-13-7	5-4-1	Lost 1
5	x-Carolina	79	44	28	7	95	227	218	25-13-1	19-15-6	8-1-1	Won 8
6	Pittsburgh	79	42	28	9	93	249	233	24-13-3	18-15-6	6-2-2	Lost 2
7	Montreal	79	41	28	10	92	243	236	24-9-7	17-19-3	5-3-2	Lost 1
8	NY Rangers	79	40	30	9	89	201	213	24-11-4	16-19-5	5-4-1	Lost 2
9	Florida	79	39	29	11	89	223	223	21-12-7	18-17-4	5-4-1	Won 1
10	Buffalo	79	38	32	9	85	236	231	22-15-3	16-17-6	4-5-1	Lost 2
11	Ottawa	79	35	34	10	80	210	227	21-12-6	14-22-4	6-4-0	Won 2
12	Toronto	79	32	34	13	77	240	287	15-15-9	17-19-4	5-5-0	Lost 2
13	Atlanta	79	34	39	6	74	247	271	17-19-2	17-20-4	6-4-0	Lost 1
14	Tampa Bay	79	24	37	18	66	202	263	12-16-11	12-21-7	1-5-4	Lost 6
15	NY Islanders	78	26	43	9	61	196	255	17-16-6	9-27-3	3-6-1	Won 1
Western
Rank	Team	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	GF	GA	Home	Away	Last 10	Streak
1	y-San Jose	79	52	16	11	115	252	196	31-4-4	21-12-7	7-2-1	Won 1
2	y-Detroit	79	51	19	9	111	290	233	27-8-4	24-11-5	6-4-0	Won 2
3	x-Calgary	79	45	28	6	96	248	238	26-10-4	19-18-2	5-5-0	Won 1
4	x-Chicago	78	43	24	11	97	250	208	23-9-7	20-15-4	6-2-2	Won 3
5	x-Vancouver	79	42	27	10	94	240	219	22-12-5	20-15-5	5-4-1	Lost 3
6	Columbus	79	40	29	10	90	218	218	25-12-3	15-17-7	4-2-4	Lost 2
7	Anaheim	80	41	33	6	88	237	230	19-18-3	22-15-3	8-2-0	Lost 1
8	Nashville	79	39	32	8	86	203	218	24-12-4	15-20-4	5-2-3	Won 1
9	St. Louis	79	38	31	10	86	224	231	22-13-5	16-18-5	6-2-2	Lost 1
10	Minnesota	79	37	33	9	83	202	192	21-11-7	16-22-2	5-4-1	Lost 1
11	Edmonton	79	37	33	9	83	227	241	17-16-6	20-17-3	4-6-0	Won 1
12	Dallas	79	35	34	10	80	223	248	20-16-5	15-18-5	2-6-2	Won 1
13	Phoenix	79	34	38	7	75	198	242	22-14-3	12-24-4	6-3-1	Lost 1
14	Los Angeles	79	32	36	11	75	201	229	17-15-8	15-21-3	3-6-1	Lost 1
15	Colorado	78	32	44	2	66	197	251	18-20-0	14-24-2	2-7-1	Won 1