Today’s open discussion thread, complete with your daily dose of Philadelphia Flyers news and notes…
- Last night’s NHL scores… Flyers 3 – Devils 0 (PHI wins series 4-1); Blackhawks 3 – Predators 0 (series tied 2-2); Senators 4 – Penguins 3 (3OT) (PIT leads series 3-2); Sharks 5 – Avalanche 0 (SJ leads series 3-2)
- Recaps of last night’s game: [BSH] [ILWT] [DelcoTimes] [CSNPhilly] [The700level] [Daily News] [Inquirer]
- Photos of last night’s game: [BSH]
- Luckily, Ian Laperriere is ok. Photographic proof floated around after the game: [NHLFlyers]
- Says Laperriere: “Call me dumb, call me stupid, whatever. I block shots.” [DelcoTimes]
- Video of the post-game interview, plus “I am lucky it wasn’t Prongs.” [CSNPhilly]
- Some post game quotes: “It was surprisingly easy. Felt like they had already surrendered. They didn’t have killer instinct. We expected them to compete harder.” – Ville Leino [euroflyers]
- “We took it to them physically. It was demoralizing. They didn’t want to play with us.” – Dan Carcillo [ChrisBottaNHL]
- Brian Boucher went 10 years, 6 days between NHL playoff shutouts – second longest in history, four days short. [SanFilippo]
- Brian Boucher is Puck Daddy’s first star of the night. BOOOOOOSH [PD]
- A great article on Claude Giroux, who’s been asking for a bigger role on the team: [CSNPhilly]
- Joacim Eriksson signed a two-year contract to play in the SEL next year. This is a good move. [euroflyers] [BSH]
- The argument that the Flyers are finally playing like a team: [CSNPhilly]
- This is only the fourth time in Flyers history that they have held the opponent to under 10 goals in a 5 game series. Yeah, BOOOOOOOOSH. [Daily News]
- An interesting look at Martin Brodeur and Scott Stevens’ playoff records: [Brodeur is a Fraud]
- What is Evgeni Nabokov worth? How about 2 years, $7 million? [Behind the Net]
- A look at the Calder finalists: [From The Rink]
- Funny quote from Dan Carcillo yesterday morning: “Doc [Halladay] was like a surgeon last night. Carved them up with a scalpel.” [NHLFlyers]
- Gabe Desjardins responds to critics. Thought I’d share: [Behind The Net]
