Today’s open discussion thread, complete with your daily dose of Philadelphia Flyers news…
- Recaps: [BSH] [Japers’ Rink] [SB Nation Philly] [CSNPhilly] [the700level] [delcotimes] [Inquirer] [Daily News] [Flyers Faithful]
- Looking at the Flyers‘ and the East’s schedule over the final month: [the700level]
- Is it possible – nay, likely – that Ilya Bryzgalov has been playing very well for six weeks but nobody has noticed? Yes, yes it is: [Philly.com]
- The Phantoms beat Providence 3-1 Friday night: [Phantoms Forum]
- They followed it up by beating Albany in overtime, 3-2, Saturday night: [PostStar]
- Johan Backlund stopped 22 of 23 shots in a 2-1 win: [euroflyers]
- Good story on Swift Current’s Taylor Vause designing jerseys for the team: [icethetics]
- Scene: High school girls hockey tournament. Act: Father shines laser pointer in eyes of opposing goalie: [Deadspin]
- Brian Burke and Mike Milbury said some negative things about advanced stats in hockey. The response: [Arctic Ice Hockey]
- A new report is out on expected goals scored and one of the two models shows Jeff Carter as a top-10 offensive player in the NHL. It’s a PDF download, though: [Arctic Ice Hockey]
- A point that often gets lost: buying low and selling high is difficult, which is why it’s so rare: [Backhand Shelf]
- From Ben: Oskars Bartulis is asked many questions from some crazy, mustachioed man and answers in Latvian! Good times. [YouTube]
