Today’s open discussion thread, complete with your daily dose of Philadelphia Flyers-related news…
- Recaps of last night’s win: [BSH] [Philly Sports Daily] [CSNPhilly] [The700level] [Daily News] [delcotimes.com]
- Blair Betts and Nikolay Zherdev got a lot of attention due to their play last night and the fact that they are former Rangers: [delcotimes.com] [Philly Sports Daily]
- Also, the benching seemed to light up Zherdev: [Daily News]
- The Flyers are beginning to play well, or as San Filippo puts it “shifting into high gear” [pottsmerc.com]
- Jakub Kovar stopped 33 of 36 shots in a 3-0 loss. But he was named player of the game: [euroflyers]
- Five things to watch with the Phantoms this weekend: [PostStar.com]
- Lastly, Jack Edwards may not be the best, but he has a great article about why the NHL needs to train their official scorers and lead what he calls a “statistical revolution” [NESN.com]
- Happy 26th Birthday Nikolay Zherdev!