Today’s open discussion thread, complete with your daily dose of Philadelphia Flyers news and notes…
- Recaps of yesterday’s win: [BSH] [Flyers Faithful] [Frequent Flyers] [CSNPhilly] [Philly Sports Daily] [Flyer Files] [delcotimes.com] [Inquirer] [Daily News]
- Both Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin will miss the All-Star Game: [SBNation.com]
- Mike Richards hasn’t been asked to replace either Malkin or Crosby, but he won’t go even if he is asked: [In The Room]
- Arguing that Matt Carle has become the Flyers best offensive defenseman. He is second among defensemen in 5-on-5 points per 60 so far… [Philly Sports Daily]
- After beating the Penguins in Philadelphia on Friday, the Phantoms blew a 3-1 third-period lead and lost 4-3 in the shootout: [PostStar.com] Live Blog: [PostStar.com]
- Last night, the Phantoms lost 5-1 to Hershey: [PostStar.com] Both Stefan Legein and Eric Wellwood left the game with leg injuries: [Philly Sports Daily]
- After the win on Friday, Danny Syvret had this to say on Twitter: “I think @stefanlegein was a rare plus tonight. Its like a hattrick for him! Congrats.” [DannySyvret]
- Speaking of Stefan Legein, the man who was traded for him (former Flyers 2nd round pick Michael Ratchuk) was just sent to the CHL, effectively ending his professional career: [PSPhantoms]
- And speaking of former high Flyers’ draft picks being sent to Juniors, Garrett Klotz recorded a hat trick last weekend, doubling his entire six year professional output: [Pantagraph.com]
- Jakub Kovar started his 44th consecutive game and stopped 33 of 34 shots on his way to being named player of the game: [euroflyers]
- Andrei Popov added an assist yesterday while Denis Bodrov logged a team-high 21 minutes in his game: [euroflyers]
- The Lightning look to have a classic look to their new jerseys: [icethetics]
