Today’s open discussion thread, complete with your daily dose of Philadelphia Flyers news and notes…
- The story of the day was visors. Whether the NHL should mandate players wear them: [SBNation.com] [delcotimes.com] [Red Light]
- How the Flyers non-visor wearing players justify refusing to wear one: [Philly Sports Daily] [Puck Daddy] [Daily News]
- While talking about the Flyers’ top-6 defensemen while Pronger is out, Ilya Bryzgalov said, “I would not trade these guys to anyone for anyone.” This is why we don’t care what players say, since they clearly lie. Matt Walker for Karl Alzner? Andreas Lilja for John Carlson? Please, Ilya: [delcotimes.com]
- Walker and Lilja. Lilja and Walker. They’re going to be playing a lot: [Daily News] [Inquirer]
- The Flyers are starting to improve their discipline: [Philly Sports Daily]
- The Phantoms have a big week ahead of them: [PostStar.com]
- A practice update on the Phantoms, their injuries, their upcoming games, and Zac Rinaldo: [Phantoms Forum]
- Jakub Kovar stopped 31 of 33 shots in a 4-2 win: [euroflyers]
- The story of the demise of the University of Alabama – Huntsville’s hockey program is quite sad: [Puck Daddy]
- Looking at the Penguins‘ extension of Chris Kunitz: [Driving Play]
- Latvia has an NHLer again with Kaspars Daugavins being called up to Senators. If you can really call the Senators an NHL team anymore, that is: [Senators]
- The Trenton Titans added another Former Flyer’s younger brother in Mitch Versteeg, who is on a defensive pair with Corey Syvret! Deja vu all over again: [mashmore98]
- Looking at luck and shot quality in shooting percentages: [Arctic Ice Hockey]
- Attempting to fix shooting percentage by including missed shots: [Hockey Prospectus]
- Learn about the NHL’s new coaches: [Down Goes Brown]
