Today’s open discussion thread, complete with your daily dose of Philadelphia Flyers news and notes…
- Chris Pronger watch is in full effect now. He may play, while he’s “very confident” he’ll play, but he hasn’t shot a puck in over a week: [Philly Sports Daily] [NHL.com] [Frequent Flyers] [CSNPhilly] [Daily News] [Inquirer] [delcotimes.com]
- Video of Pronger talking about him playing against Buffalo: [Flyer Files]
- Not one team in the NHL would pay $975,000 per year over the next two years to have Matt Walker on their team. The Flyers will have to pay him $1.95 million per year over the next two years instead: [Philly Sports Daily] [Daily News]
- Only three rookie goalies have won the Cup in the last 25 years, but the Flyers want Sergei Bobrovsky to become the fourth: [CSNPhilly]
- Brian Boucher was close in 2000, but now he’s playing the role of John Vanbiesbrouck, while Bob tries to improve upon Boucher’s rookie showing: [Philly Sports Daily]
- The Flyers team defense will have to be better against the Sabres: [NHL Hot Stove]
- A good column on Ville Leino, including a very “Rockstar” photo: [Daily News]
- Speculating on the Black Aces to be recalled based on who was not at the Phantoms’ post-season physicals: [PostStar.com]
- Jim Jackon’s five questions with answers this week: [CSNPhilly]
- Playoff predictions! First the East: [SBNation.com] Then the West: [SBNation.com]
- Vegas odds for the Stanley Cup are out: [Philly Sports Daily]
- A live chat with Chuck Gormley will take place at noon on Thursday, here: [Flyer Files]
- A jersey preview of this year’s playoffs: [icethetics]
- Jason Arnott didn’t know Alex Ovechkin wanted to win hockey games. Seriously, this is ridiculous: [SBNation.com]
- Looking at goalies’ save percentages while their team is a man down: [The Copper & Blue]
- Using NHL 11 to sim the playoffs: [Down Goes Spezza]
- A playoff bracket for those teams who missed the playoffs, to be played on NHL 11. This could be interesting: [Hockey Wilderness]
- Looking at playoff matchups through graphs of Corsi percentages while the game is tied throughout the season: [Objective NHL]
- An in-depth preview of the East using multiple numbers: [The Copper & Blue]
- Previewing the East’s first round matchups: [Down Goes Brown]
- Ben would like to wish Arron Asham a happy birthday.
- But I, on behalf of BSH, would like to wish Van-“I’m kind of a dick”-steel a happy birthday.
