Friday Morning Fly By: Is There a Better Day to Stay Home and Watch Hockey?

Today’s open discussion thread, complete with your daily dose of Philadelphia Flyers-related news and notes…

  • Is this the first article asking about a goalie controversy? If so, who took the under on Thanksgiving? [Philly Sports Daily]
  • Jaromir Jagr is glad to be back in the NHL: [NHL.com] [Inquirer]
  • James van Riemsdyk is quietly having a good season: [The Checking Line]
  • In the NHL.com quarter-season voting, Matt Read was a finalist for the Calder Trophy: [NHL.com]
  • While Claude Giroux won the Hart: [NHL.com]
  • The Flyers are sitting in a good spot at the quarter pole, and some other really optimistic statements: [CSNPhilly]
  • HBO is having a preview of 24/7 air tomorrow: [Frequent Flyers]
  • The Rangers‘ Winter Classic jersey will be unveiled Monday: [icethetics]
  • So there was another survey out about which arenas were the most difficult to play in visit as a fan, and Philadelphia took home #1 in the three leagues not currently locked-out: [JSOnline]
  • The MAINEiacs are no more, but the team that replaced them has some pretty sweet logos: [icethetics]
  • Who leads the NHL in points per 60? A few Flyers make the list: [The Copper & Blue]
  • An unexplained but fascinating database showing shot quality for individual players is now available: [Arctic Ice Hockey]
  • Shaun decided to help out Katchis help Simon Gagne’s favorite charity. So, you know, buy some shirts, support BSH support Gagne supporting kids: [SIMONGAGNE.com]

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