Today’s open discussion thread, complete with your daily dose of Philadelphia Flyers news and notes…
- Hey, did you hear Bill Guerin accepted a tryout contract for the Flyers? [BSH] [Daily News] [DelcoTimes] [CSNPhilly] [The700Level] [NHL.com] [HockeyBuzz]
- If you didn’t see it on the700level link above, a hysterical pictorial take on Guerin’s arrival: [digidigidigi]
- Rookie Camp kicked off yesterday, here’s photographic proof: [NHLFlyers]
- Neither Nikolai Zherdev (Visa issues) nor Kevin Marshall (hip surgery) were there in the morning: [tpanotch]
- Bill Meltzer gives his take on the first day of camp: [HockeyBuzz.com]
- What to watch for at this year’s camp: [The Checking Line]
- Claude Giroux hand delivered tickets to a season ticket holder: [NHLFlyers]
- Johan Backlund got a new mask: [BSH Fanshot] [NHLFlyers]
- Denis Bodrov scored his team’s only goal yesterday, and here’s video: [euroflyers]
- Mike Testwuide will be keeping a video blog [Flyers] while he fails to make the team out of camp: [BSH]
- There’s apparently a 50% chance Jacob DeSerres leaves Brandon at the start of the season: [euroflyers]
- Sheldon Souray will not be attending Oilers training camp, at the direction of the team: [TSN.ca]
- In response, a fantastic look at the dysfunctional mess that is the Edmonton Oilers: [The Copper & Blue]
- Roberto Luongo relinquished the captaincy of the Canucks: [NHL.com]
- The Devils have been fined $3 million (but not against the Cap), and forced to give up their 2011 third-round pick and a first-round pick within the next four years because of Ilya Kovalchuk: [NHL.com]
- And Quisp gets another chance to shout “Told you so!”: [Jewels From the Crown]
- A hockey fan’s guide to the NFL: [Down Goes Brown]
- Lastly, congratulations to Darkside for carrying on his lineage. (s/t KreiderDesigns)
