Today’s open discussion thread, complete with your daily dose of Philadelphia Flyers news and notes…
- Mike Richards is returning to Philadelphia tomorrow, but he’s enjoying L.A. now: [NHL.com] [delcotimes.com] [Inquirer] [Daily News] [Philly Sports Daily]
- Anthony SanFilippo talked with many, many people about Richards’ return here: [In The Room]
- The Flyers allowed an even-strength goal against Vancouver, but their scoreless streak was the third-longest stretch to start a season: [BoopStats]
- The Flyers “were able to hold” Vancouver’s power play to 2-for-7. Or 28.6% effective. I wouldn’t call that “holding” them, but whatever: [Philly Sports Daily]
- I love these stories: Local 38 year old man filled in for Ilya Bryzgalov at the Flyers practice yesterday: [Philly Sports Daily]
- Ben Holmstrom is the new Captain of the Phantoms, the youngest in team history: [PostStar.com]
- The Phantoms are having issues with the stricter contact rules, as both Sestito and Holmstrom are sitting out suspensions: [PostStar.com]
- Arron Asham did a lot of damage to Jay Beagle’s face in a fight, then made some hand motions people are all bent out of shape over: [SBNation.com] [Puck Daddy] [Washington Times]
- Asham’s post-game press conference. Warning! Auto-play: [TSN]
- Sidney Crosby was cleared for contact yesterday: [Puck Daddy]
- Justin Bourne wonders if players will treat Crosby differently on the ice: [Backhand Shelf]
- Last year’s final weekend was a good study in teams “wanting it more”, as teams who controlled their own destiny failed to beat those teams with nothing to play for: [Brodeur is a Fraud]
- Negotiations for the next CBA are expected to start after the All-Star Break: [SBNation.com]
- The NHL and Versus have some weird blackout rules, resulting in fans not being able to watch their teams play some games: [SBNation.com]
- This might be the best argument yet on why “intangibles” need to be used in conjunction with advanced statistics: [Backhand Shelf]
- Syvret is back in the Flyers organization! Well, Danny Syvret‘s younger brother Corey is playing for the Trenton Titans, the Flyers’ ECHL affiliate: [Trenton Titans]
- Other complaints about Brendan Shanahan: [Down Goes Brown]
- NHL realignment will be announced sometime in December: [SBNation.com]
- There are some extreme realignment plans out there too: [Puck Daddy]
- One plan mentioned in the PD article is Derek Zona’s, which takes heavily from the NFL and MLB alignments. The Flyers are in a conference without the Rangers, Devils, Penguins, or Bruins and yet… I like it. Not a lot, mind you, but I like it. [SBNation.com]
