Today’s open discussion thread, including your daily dose of Philadelphia Flyers news and notes…
- Last night’s NHL scores… Penguins 2, Flyers 1 – CAR 5, BOS 1, COL 4, DAL 0
- Recaps of yesterday’s loss to Pittsburgh. Get the national reaction from the AP, CP, and NHL.com.
- Get the local reaction from the Inq, Daily News, CSN Philly, Phil Sheridan, and the Delco Times.
- Get the Pittsburgh reaction from the Post-Gazette, Pensburgh, Tribune-Review and Empty Netters blog.
- The sideshow following Sunday’s game came from Arron Asham’s locker stall, where he accused Pittsburgh’s Matt Cooke of biting him in a third period scrum. Stories about that were, of course, everywhere, from Pensburgh to Puck Daddy to the Courier-Post.
- The Flyers signed prospect Denis Bodrov to an AHL contract over the weekend. He’s ranked 19th out of 21 defenseman in our organizational depth chart. [Russian Hockey Blog]
- Paul Holmgren confirmed over the weekend that he is in fact after a defenseman. [CSN Philly]
- A continued look at the Islanders all-decade team, and they actually had so many general managers in the 00’s that fans can debate on which one deserves a spot on the team. [Lighthouse Hockey]
- The Phoenix Coyotes lost to the Capitals on Saturday night in DC. Afterward, they tried their luck at flip cup with some Georgetown University students. [NBC Washington]
- The Rangers: buyers at the deadline? Hah, think again. [Blueshirt Banter]
- We linked you to a vicious hit put on Mikael Tam of Quebec of the QMJHL by Patrice Cormier of Royun-Noranda, a Devils‘ prospect. A disciplinary decision will be handed down today in the case and the local authorities may step in as well, and Tam spoke out about the incident. [FanHouse]
- James Mirtle has stepped down as editor of SBN’s From The Rink to continue his career as Leafs’ beat writer at the Globe & Mail. Replacing his is Mike Chen, formerly of Mike Chen’s Hockey Blog at Kukla’s Korner, and a cavalcade of stars from around SBN Hockey. [FTR]
- A Detroit fan tried to get a birds-eye view of the action over the weekend when the Wings hosted the Kings. He left in handcuffs. [SB Nation]
