Today’s open discussion thread, complete with your daily dose of Philadelphia Flyers news and notes…
- Jon Kalinski returned to the lineup and scored the game winner Friday: [PosStar] [Phantoms Forum]
- Wayne Simmonds stepped up for the Flyers again: [Flyers Goal Scored By…]
- Scoring chances from the Columbus game: [The Cannon]
- Allentown is being sued over their use of eminent domain for the new arena: [Morning Call]
- Jakub Kovar stopped 16 of 19 shots before being pulled after 25 minus in a 5-2 loss Friday: [euroflyers]
- He followed it up by stopping 32 of 34 in a 3-2 shootout win Sunday: [euroflyers]
- Niko Hovinen stopped 17 of 20 shots in a 3-2 OT loss Friday: [euroflyers]
- Another great rundown of the Flyers prospect depth: [Hockey’s Future]
- Catching up with Joe Watson: [CSNPhilly]
- An interview with Flyers assistant coach Joe Mullen: [The Hockey News]
- A fantastically thorough look at where the Blue Jackets go from here: [The Cannon]
- But scratch off any scenario involving Ken Hitchcock, as he is the new coach of the Blues: [Puck Daddy]
- Mike Blunden stepped off the bench and laid a hit on an unsuspecting Brandon Dubinsky. A clean hit that is also dirty: [Puck Daddy]
- Drew Doughty wears a visor. Drew Doughty would almost certainly have a serious eye injury if he didn’t: [Puck Daddy]
- Taking a road trip to see hockey in two countries, four states, and three leagues in 9 days: [Backhand Shelf]
- Claiming that sports journalism is being killed by the need to be first with inside information rather than the best storyteller: [The Globe and Mail]
- Looking at the fall and rise of James Neal and what his shooting percentage told us: [Backhand Shelf]
- A brief history of player/coach feuds in the NHL: [Down Goes Brown]