*The Flyers played not one, but two (!) games last night. We’ve got coverage of the preseason opener in Allentown. [BSH]
*The season hasn’t even started, and already a player has come out against using advanced statistics in player contract negotiations. It’s pretty much who you’d expect it to be. There’s an entire interview. [The Players Tribune]
*A pretty decent rebuttal to the aforementioned argument. [Hockey Graphs]
*Travis Konecny had himself quite the game last night. As a reminder, don’t let player performances in preseason get to your head. [BSH]
*The Flyers signed 6’5″, 196 lbs. defenseman Philippe Myers to a contract yesterday. He was in camp on a tryout. [BSH] [CSN Philly]
*An article on Jake Voracek’s impact as a possession-driving winger. It’s not without its faults (big issue here is proprietary datasets), but it’s a pretty interesting one. [Sportlogiq]
*He made something happen every time he was on the ice,” Dave Hakstol said of first-rounder Konecny. [Philly.com]
*John Tortorella was named head coach of Team USA for the upcoming World Cup of Hockey. He’ll apparently try to “keep it simple.” [Puck Daddy]
*Stamkos to… Tampa Bay? [Sportsnet]
*Auston Matthews is already making an impression in Switzerland. [TSN]
*And finally, an explanation for the paradox of how we all “see” black holes, even though they’re invisible. [Gizmodo]
