Today’s open discussion thread, complete with your daily dose of Philadelphia Flyers news and notes…
- Chris Pronger traveled with the team to Buffalo: [Frequent Flyers] [Philly Sports Daily] [CSNPhilly]
- But he is unlikely to play in tonight’s game: [Inquirer]
- Anyway, the real question is: Who starts in goal? [NHL.com] [CSNPhilly] [delcotimes.com] [Daily News] [Inquirer] [NHL Hot Stove]
- Brian Boucher is preparing as if he’s the starter. And some other quotes from Boucher: [Philly Sports Daily]
- “Physically I’m feeling normal. Mentally… not really. But I’ll get over it soon.” – Sergei Bobrovsky: [euroflyers]
- James van Riemsdyk gets credit for his fantastic first two games of the series: [Philly Sports Daily] [delcotimes.com]
- Ville Leino has stepped up his game once again: [delcotimes.com]
- A look at how bad the Flyers power play has been lately: [Frequent Flyers]
- Frank Seravalli is hosting a chat today at 2 p.m. here: [Frequent Flyers]
- The Sabres are happy to be home, especially with the series tied and home-ice advantage: [NHL.com]
- Ryan Miller said some things that may be taken as fighting words. You decide: [delcotimes.com]
- Jim Jackson’s five observations after Game 2: [CSNPhilly]
- Arguing that Mike Richards and Jeff Carter need to step up: [Flyers Goal Scored By…]
- A great wrap-up of the Phantoms’ season, and all the question marks surrounding this off-season for them: [PostStar.com]
- Tim McManus interviewed John Paddock on Joe Paterson, college free agents, the goalie situation, Kevin Marshall and Marc-Andre Bourdon, and many other things. Part 1 is here: [PostStar.com] and Part 2 is here: [PostStar.com]
- In a battle of Flyers’ goalies, Greenville beat Wheeling on Friday to tie the series at 1. Shane Harper had a goal and an assist, Andrew Rowe had an assist, and Nic Riopel stopped 21 shots for the OT win: [PSPhantoms]
- Jakub Kovar is still in contention for the World Championships, as Tomas Vokoun declined the invite. [euroflyers]
- Kovar was also named to the roster for the final tournament before the Worlds: [euroflyers]
- A look at the Kings‘ cap situation next year and their impending crunch: [Jewels From The Crown]
- Raffi Torres blindsided Brent Seabrook last night: [Puck Daddy]
- There’s a FanPost contest going on, with the winner getting “swag”: [Behind the Net]
- Looking at time spent with the goalie pulled by situation: [Behind the Net]