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Subscribe to SI Give the Gift of SI THE WEB SI.com Hitchcock already in unhappy playoff mode Posted: Friday Mar 31, 2006 5:25 PM It must be playoff time in Philadelphia.

Flyers coach Ken Hitchcock is already grumpy.

With a chance to move into a first-place tie in the Atlantic Division this week, the Flyers dropped a home decision to the Toronto Maple Leafs - who are barely in the Eastern Conference playoff chase.

That was Philadelphia's last game until this weekend, when it was scheduled to face division rivals New Jersey and the New York Islanders.

The Flyers and Rangers will meet in New York on Tuesday.

So Hitchcock took it easy in his club the morning following the Maple Leafs' loss.

Well, at least as far as not making them practice.

Hitchcock wasn't happy with his team and he wasn't shy in getting that message across.

He was still upset Thursday morning when he held a closed-door meeting in his office with a small group of club leaders.

"You always get to hear it when you lose,'' forward Peter Forsberg said.

"I think everybody knows we didn't have a good performance on Tuesday and we have to bounce back right away.

"We deserved to hear it.'' Hitchcock sent his club out for a 38-minute practice on Thursday and let Simon Gagne and Petr Nedved rest with injuries.

Already in playoff mode, Hitchcock would only describe Gagne's injury as upper-body - believed to be his ...

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