Today’s open discussion thread, including your daily dose of Philadelphia Flyers news and notes…
- Last night’s NHL scores… Flyers 3 – Devils 2; SJ 3 – TOR 2; COL 5 – STL 2; PHO 6 – EDM 1; ANA 4 – LA 2
- Recaps of last night’s win: [NHL] [BSH] [TSN] [SBNation] [In Lou We Trust] [The700Level] [CSNPhilly] [Inquirer] [DelcoTimes] [DelcoTimes] [Inquirer] [CSNPhilly]
- The Flyers are tied for 7th place in the East after last night’s win.
- The biggest story from last night’s game (besides the Flyers scoring goals or coming back from two goals down) was Jeff Carter‘s hit on Anssi Salmela. [BSH] [Puck Daddy] [Daily News] [The700level]
- The good news is that Salmela was up walking around and didn’t go to the hospital. [Sarah Baicker]
- Bob McKenzie called it a “clean hit on a player in scoring position. Unfortunate result.” [Bob McKenzie] [Bob McKenzie]
- The other big news was Ray Emery‘s injury. He had an MRI on his hip. [CSNPhilly] [DelCoTimes]…
- …Does he need surgery Mr. Holmgren? “Is it something where down the road we need to address this surgically? We need to get a feel of where he’s at right now. We all seem to think he’s going to be fine for the short term, anyway. We’ll have a better idea about the long term after we get the results.” Great. [Daily News]…
- …But that won’t affect contract negotiations. Wait, what? [CSNFlyer]
- The Flyers are lobbying to host the NHL Entry Draft and/or the NHL All-Star Game in 2012 or 2013. Travis is all over this. [BSH] [Flyers]
- In lobbying the NHL, Comcast-Spectacor sent impersonators to league headquarters. Who and what? Rocky Balboa and Ben Franklin handed out soft pretzels. Yes, really. [Daily News]
- A couple of fluff pieces here: One is on the Flyers dentist [Daily News] and the other is on the Flyers equipment manager heading to the Olympics. [Daily News]
- After last night, the Flyers now have an 84.2% chance of making the playoffs. [Tim Panaccio]
- An interview with Ville Leino. [NHLFlyers]
- AHL news: Word is that the Albany River Rats move to Charlotte will be announced Wednesday. [Tim McManus]
- Maybe you missed it, but a Capitals blogger got into a spat with Mike Milbury. This is ugly for both parties. [Puck Daddy]
- Are there any big names on the trade market still? How about Tim Thomas. [From The Rink]
- The Flyers were in Toronto last night scouting the Leafs. Speculation can begin. [BSH]
- Is Marc-Andre Fleury overrated? “With Fleury’s latest loss in the books…his save percentage on the season has dipped to a mediocre .906. That ranks him 23rd among the 30 NHL starters… Even-strength save percentage… tells a similar story, slotting Fleury 24th of the league’s 30 starting goalies.” [Hockey or Die]
- Lastly, this is a pretty funny video:
