Monday Morning Fly By: And so the long and boring time between free agency and training camp begins.

*The Flyers made their hiring of goaltending coach Kim Dillabaugh official this weekend. [BSH]

*Steve Mason seems to be pretty excited about being able to work with Dillabaugh going forward. [Inquirer]

*A bit more depth was pick up by the team this long weekend with the signing of right wing Colin McDonald. [Flyers]

*The Flyers ALSO signed Ivan Provorov to a three-year ELC. Which is pretty exciting. [BSH]

*Meltzer offers a little insight into the Flyers’ new backup goalie, Michael Neuvirth. [Hockeybuzz]

*Can the case be made for Riley Cote as the next coach of the Phantoms? [Sons of Penn]

*A look at the Mike Richards mess with more of a focus on the business side of things. [Forbes]

*We linked to Rich Clune’s own words last week; this week he sits down with Puck Daddy to talk a little more about his struggle with addiction. [Puck Daddy]

*Clune seems like the kind of guy you want to root for, and now you can since he was signed by the Toronto Marlies over the weekend. [Marlies]

*Twenty three players have elected to go to salary arbitration. [NHLPA]

*We haven’t seen too many offer sheets in recent years, but the threat of offer sheets seems to inform a lot of decisions made by GMs during free agency. [AZ Central]

*Speaking of free agency, in the NHL it’s light on drama but heavy on absurdity. [Vice Sports]

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