Today’s open discussion thread, complete with your daily dose of Philadelphia Flyers news and notes…
- Last night’s NHL scores… Canadiens 5 – Flyers 1 (PHI leads series 2-1)
- Recaps of last night’s game: [BSH] [Flyers] [NHL.com] [CSNPhilly] [DelcoTimes] [The700Level] [Puck Daddy]
- Photos from last night: [BSH]
- Mike Richards was not pleased with his team’s performance: [Flyers]
- One of the post-game quotes: “You can’t practice a good start. It’s mental focus. It’s being prepared. I’ll take responsibility as the captain on this team that we weren’t ready to play and that’s got to change in a hurry.” [DelcoTimes]
- Chris Pronger had a pretty bad night. [Daily News] [DelcoTimes]
- Maybe it’s because he has a cold: [CSNPhilly]
- The Flyers found out that desperation works for other teams too… [DelcoTimes]
- As the Canadiens turned the tables on the Flyers: [Daily News]
- But this was the Canadiens team that beat both Washington and Pittsburgh. [Daily News]
- And this was the Jaroslav Halak we’d all heard of. [Daily News]
- Not all of it was the Habs though: The way the Flyers lost is worrisome: [Inquirer]
- Including another bad first period. [CSNPhilly]
- Jeff Carter and Ian Laperriere practiced though. [Daily News]
- Instead of total blocked shots, looking at winning percentage against percentage of shots blocked: [Hockey or Die]
- On this day 25 years ago, the Flyers won their only game of the Finals: [The700Level]
- Looking at goals per team per year for the past 25 years: [Hockey or Die]
- On Canadian goaltenders in the NHL: [Behind The Net]
- There are a lot of once unknown goalies in the playoffs now: [Puck Daddy]
- Which makes one wonder who needs goaltending more, bubble teams or contenders? [From The Rink]
- Lastly, what does Gary Bettman do all day? [Down Goes Brown]
