*The Flyers made their first roster cuts, among them Samuel Morin, which makes sense since he’s practically fetal. The roster is down to 32 heading into team building.
*The team seems to be leaning towards keeping veteran Hal Gill around for a bit. (Philly.com)
*To say Paul Holmgren is under a lot of pressure would probably be an understatement. (ProHockeyTalk)
*Jason Akeson was hoping to impress the Flyers front office at camp this year. Now he’ll have to impress from ADK. (Flyers)
*Meltzer on the Flyers’ preseason record thus far. (Hockeybuzz)
*Previewing Vincent Lecavalier’s hopefully awesome 2013-14 season. (BSH)
*Michael Raffl clicked with linemates Wayne Simmonds and Vinny Lecavalier in these first few games. (CSN Philly)
*The Florida Panthers are being sold. (PHT)
*A cool read about what it’s like for an NHL player traded by his team. (Backhand Shelf)
*The hockey brain trust at ESPN ranked the top 100 forwards in the game and left off Bobby Ryan. Giroux’s at ten though so I’ll TAKE IT! (ESPN)
*A little insight into NHL “bridge deals” for young players coming off their ELCs. (mc79hockey)
*And finally, October is almost here and with it, a new year of hockey. Here’s some resolutions for the NHL fan. (Grantland)
Lo and then there were _________________ days betwixt thee and thine hockey.
| Gary Dornhoefer days | 25 |
| Tim Kerr days | 81 |
| Colin Forbes days | 3 |
| The 1999 version of Craig Berube days | 15 |
| Simon Gagne days | 336 |
