Today’s open discussion thread, complete with your daily dose of Philadelphia Flyers-related news and notes …
- There’s been a lot of talk about the Captaincy. Here’s a story on how the Flyers are led by a committee and that’s perfectly fine: [CSNPhilly]
- Brayden Schenn gets some attention: [NHL.com]
- The Flyers showed the ability to play shutdown defense again, and that’s a welcome sight: [SB Nation Philly]
- Maxime Talbot and Jaromir Jagr are proving quite valuable: [Flyers Faithful]
- The Flyers defense is getting healthier, which is good since other playoff runs have ended early due to injuries on the blueline: [Daily News]
- The Flyers power play was ridiculously – and unsustainably – good against the Penguins: [CSNPhilly]
- Claude Giroux and Scott Hartnell are in the Round of 16 for the NHL 13 cover. Vote: [Puck Daddy]
- Quick look at the Phantoms roster for next season and their pending free agents: [PostStar]
- The Anonymous Player talks about bounty systems, homosexuals in the NHL and the media’s intelligence on hockey: [Puck Daddy]
- Good story about a Devils fan who got chirped by the Panthers COO, who now has the last laugh: [SBNation.com] [Puck Daddy] [Deadspin]
- A good critique of advanced stats terminology and some of their conclusions: [On the Forecheck]
- No, seriously: Marc-Andre Fleury does not deserve his reputation as a big game goalie: [The Copper & Blue]
- Joel Ward scored the game-winning goal for the Capitals. Joel Ward is black. There’s this thing called Twitter, which is a vehicle for people to spew unfiltered hate. Awful, ignorant, despicable people took to this social networking tool to spew awful, ignorant, despicable things at Joel Ward: [SBNation.com]
- Braden Holtby with the gif of the year, showing he doesn’t have care for Rich Peverly’s crap: [SBNation.com]
