Monday Morning Fly By: Pretty good weekend, Flyers fans.

*Hope everyone had a nice weekend recovering from Friday’s free agent frenzy. Kurt wraps up the signings to date here.

*Homer’s free agent acquisitions have filled out the Flyers roster in an awesome way, but he can’t be finished yet. (BSH)

*In that vein, just how much have these moves improved the team? (Philly.com)

*Taking a look at the five most underrated signings that happened on the first day of free agency. (Puck Daddy)

*Vincent Lecavalier picked the Flyers before the Flyers picked him. Aww, he likes us! (CSN Philly)

*In addition to the new contracts, Homer secured Giroux for another eight years. Giroux is confident he can live up to his new giant paycheck. (Philly.com)

*Meltzer muses on the Ray Emery signing and the ideal way for Laviolette to use Mark Streit.

*Speaking of Emery, who will win next season’s goaltending battle? (BSH)

*Tyler Seguin was sent to Dallas in a huge seven player deal between the Bruins and Stars. (SB Nation)

*Jaromir Jagr may end up with Danny Briere in Montreal. (HEotP)

*On of the most surprising developments on Friday was Daniel Alfredsson leaving the Senators after nearly twenty years on the team. Friedman argues that the Senators history of lowballing the captain lead to his departure. (CBC)

*Prospect Camp has started and Ian Laperriere has made some big changes to the format. (Flyers)

*On why the “loser point” handed out under the current NHL point system isn’t a loser point at all. (mc79hockey)

*Joffrey Lupul had some thoughts on Corsi via twitter this weekend. Leafs Nation looks at how advanced stats factor into this weekend’s signings. (The LeafsNation)

*Corsi’s really useful, but is it really an advanced stat? (On The Forecheck)

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