Today’s open discussion thread, including your daily dose of Philadelphia Flyers news and notes…
- Last night’s NHL scores… Flyers 2, Rangers 0 – CBJ 3, BOS 2 – OTT 3, STL 2 – NYI 2, FLA1 (SO) – CAR 5, ATL 2 – TBL 3, TOR 2 (OT) – WSH 6, PIT 3 – DET 4, MIN 3 – PHX 4, NSH 2 – CHI 3, CGY 1 – VAN 4, DAL 3 – LAK 4, BUF 3 (SO) – SJS 3, ANA 1
- We’ll be submitting our donations for Haiti relief to the Red Cross tomorrow, so you’ll have one final day today to get any money in. We currently sit at $205, but we hope that number can go up in our final day being that it’s Friday and pay day for most. [Haiti Donations]
- Recapping last night’s win over the Rangers from the AP, CP, NHL.com, the Inq, Daily News, CSN Philly, Bucks Co. Times, Bill Meltzer, Anthony SanFillippo, Rich Hofmann, and The 700 Level.
- Get your misguided laugh tracks, which can’t really be considered really recaps because nobody half of a brain saw what these people did behind their blue-tinted glasses: The Bergen Record, NY Post, NY Daily News, and SBN’s Blueshirt Banter.
- Ray Emery looked a lot more sharp in his third game back. [NHL.com]
- Someone stole Ian Laperriere’s teeth (in Louisiana, commence redneck jokes… now), and now he struggles when trying to help the needy. [SB Nation]
- Despite not putting up the points, Claude Giroux is still impressing. Yeah, real shocker. [Daily News]
- Laviolette on Asham: It’s probably the best I’ve ever seen him play.” Keep in mind that Coach had Arron in NY with the Isles. [Inquirer]
- Larry Brooks of the NY Post and Rangers coach John Tortorella had it out again last night. Gormley had the transcript, Kukla’s has the video. [Transcript] and [Video]
- SBN’s Brandon Worley recently saw his favorite team, the Stars, play in Montreal. He chronicles his experiences. [Defending Big D]
- “The Flyers will be lucky to make the playoffs” and therefore are shrugged off in this article about the Caps being the Penguins chief rival, despite not even being in the same division. [Beaver County Times]
- Kevin Allen says that the Carolina Hurricanes of 2009/10 look a like like the Flyers of 2005/06. [USA Today]
- Looking back at the “Golden Age” of hockey on television, including Gary Bettman’s laughable comments over the last 16 years on the NHL’s status in the American sports landscape. [Hockey or Die]
- Happy birthday to former Flyer and current Blackhawk Ben Eager, who turns 26 today.
