Today’s open discussion thread, complete with your daily dose of Philadelphia Flyers-related news and notes…
- The Penguins asked their fans on twitter when and why they joined the bandwagon. No, seriously, they did: [SBNation.com]
- It’s hard, but the Flyers need to avoid making a panic move to shore up their defense, since there are even more holes: [SB Nation Philly]
- Peter Laviolette was on a conference call talking about special teams, leadership, and more: [SB Nation Philly] [CSNPhilly] [delcotimes.com]
- Paul Holmgren spoke with Tim Panaccio about the trade deadline and the search for a defenseman: [CSNPhilly]
- Trade deadline talk and a look at some possible targets: [The Hockey Guys]
- Getting to know Matt Carle: [The Hockey News]
- Matt Carle and Ryan Suter, can you really tell them apart? I doubt it: [The Hockey Guys]
- The Future Flyers Weekly Report starring Nick Cousins, Brendan Ranford, and Brandon Manning: [Flyers Faithful]
We don’t often do this, but there are so many links, we’re going to have to ask you to jump to see the rest.
There is a thin line between being lucky and good, and it has a little something to do with positioning: [The Checking Line]
Frank Seravalli asks if the Flyers should be sellers at the deadline: [Daily News]
The Flyers 2007 draft class is rather disappointing from an NHL perspective, but they have a lot of injuries: [Hockey’s Future]
Marcello talked with former Flyer Bruce Cooper and looks at team camaraderie, the effect of enforcers, trade deadline speculation, and more: [Flyers Faithful]
While I doubt many of you have ESPN Insider, Timo Seppa looks at Atlantic Division teams and what they could do at the deadline: [ESPN]
Scoring down? Try widening the nets: [Driving Play]
More Islanders: The team is looking at options outside Nassau County as well as outside New York state: [SBNation.com]
The NHL almost got 6 minutes on SportsCenter this week: [Deadspin]
Looking at scratches in the NHL, both healthy and injured since 2006. One current Phantom makes “most often a healthy scratch” list: [Arctic Ice Hockey]
We don’t normally link these sorts of things, but this is a great collection of 33 images from around the hemisphere of people skating: [Boston.com]
A nearly six minute video on some crazy Canadians building an outdoor rink entitled “Make Hockey Happen”. If you have six minutes, you won’t be disappointed: [Backhand Shelf]
