Today’s open discussion thread, complete with your daily dose of Philadelphia Flyers news and notes…
- Recaps of the Flyers‘ second day of drafting: [NHL Hot Stove] [Philly Sports Daily] [Frequent Flyers] [CSNPhilly]
- The Flyers utilize the strategy of drafting the best player available, not for need: [CSNPhilly]
- A wrap-up of the Atlantic Divion’s draft: [Hockey Prospectus]
- As was linked in a FanShot already, Jeff Carter‘s agent claims the Flyers lied to him and to Carter: [Columbus Dispatch] [Frequent Flyers] [SB Nation Philly]
- Why people need to stop saying Mike Richards and Jeff Carter are bad leaders. Short memories and biased narratives are the driving force: [SB Nation Philly]
- Arguing that the Flyers, once again, don’t make any sense: [Arctic Ice Hockey]
- Arguing that that Flyers “threw away a working model”: [Hockey Prospectus]
- Eric wrote a great piece introducing Mike Richards to the L.A. fans: [Jewels From The Crown]
- It’s now Chris Pronger’s team: [delcotimes.com]
- But the torch has now passed to Claude Giroux and James van Riemsdyk: [Philly Sports Daily]
- Bobby Clarke likes the direction his team has gone in: [NHL.com]
- What does the signing of Ilya Bryzgalov mean for Sergei Bobrovsky? [Philly Sports Daily]
- Ten Million may seem like a lot of money for the Flyers, but it’s really not. How Chuck Gormley might spend it: [Flyer Files]
- Still suffering from shock over the Richards and Carter trades? You’re not alone: [Flyers Goal Scored By…]
- An early look at what the 2012 Phantoms might look like: [Flyers Faithful]
- A recap of all the new jerseys and logos debuted at this year’s draft: [icethetics]
- How would the Panthers reach the cap floor? By having Dale Tallon take the terrible Brian Campbell contract he signed in Chicago down to Florida: [Puck Daddy]
- When the Sharks traded Devin Setoguchi for Brent Burns, they showed the NHL how even perfectly run teams in small markets are sacrificing talent because they can’t afford to spend money: [Arctic Ice Hockey]
- A look at a possible realignment plan for the NHL: [Puck Daddy] [Washington Times]
- While reading Justin Bourne explain the difference between undrafted and drafted players, I couldn’t stop thinking of Danny Syvret. And how the team would keep giving Ryan Parent chances he didn’t deserve over Syvret. Good look by Bourne: [Puck Daddy]
- Adding to the story on how soon one can figure out a forward’s goal scoring ability, here’s the defensemen one: [Arctic Ice Hockey]
- The 10 most awkward rookie photos from the draft: [Puck Daddy]
- The always fantastic look at who has the most difficult schedule, looking at distance traveled and back-to-back games: [On the Forecheck]
- How often does the best team in the NHL win the Cup? Less often than you think: [Objective NHL]
