Today’s open discussion thread, complete with your daily dose of Philadelphia Flyers news and notes…
- Round two predictions: [The Copper & Blue] [Objective NHL] [Puck Daddy] [EA Sports] [Daily News]
- Previews of the series: [SBNation.com] [Behind the Net]
- News from practice yesterday is that Michael Leighton joined Jeff Carter and Andreas Nodl on the “day-to-day” list: [SBNation Philly] [Philly Sports Daily]
- Video interviews from yesterday’s practice, courtesy of the Courier-Post: [Richards] [Pronger] [Briere] [Laviolette]
- The Flyers don’t want to go down 3-0 again, but some do fondly recall last year: [NHL.com]
- Oh, but they aren’t living in the past: [Philly Sports Daily] [delcotimes.com] [Daily News]
- The Bruins, meanwhile have nine different players, so they hope it isn’t a repeat: [NHL.com]
- Either way, last year won’t define this year: [CSNPhilly] [Inquirer]
- The Flyers power play may not be good, but it sure has been better than Boston’s: [BSH] [CSNPhilly] [The700Level.com] [Philly Sports Daily]
- Peter Laviolette spoke on NHL Hour last night, here’s what he had to say: [NHL.com]
- Looking at the odds given for the series: [Frequent Flyers]
- Jim Jackson’s five biggest stars from the Flyers’ first round: [CSNPhilly]
- This year’s first round may have been one of the best of all time: [SBNation.com] [NHL.com]
- My thorough look at the Flyers’ first round, where you need to give Kris Versteeg and Mike Richards more love. Oh, and seriously Leino/Briere/Hartnell?? [SBNation Philly]
- The up and down, up and down, spin around career of Brian Boucher: [Daily News]
- I don’t know what this means: “No, JVR’s avatar is available only through your VCR.” [Daily News]
- Jakub Kovar will be the third goalie for Czech Republic at the Worlds: [euroflyers]
- The Hart Trophy finalists were announced, and they are Corey Perry, Daniel Sedin, and Martin St. Louis: [SBNation.com] [NHL.com] [Puck Daddy]
- Ryan Miller admits that he had a late-season concussion: [NHL.com]
- A look at what ESPN was offering before the NBC deal was finalized: [Puck Daddy]
- What went wrong for those teams already eliminated? [Down Goes Brown]
- Lastly, just for fun, enjoy this little video I love after the jump: