*So turns out that Ron Hextall’s plan for this team includes this season being a huge embarrassing failure. Settle in, folks. It’s going to be a long year. [BSH]
*One upside from Tuesday’s game was improved even strength play. Still not great, but improved. [CSN Philly]
*Could there be any praise weaker than calling that Ducks game the Flyers‘ “most competitive loss”? [Daily News]
*Closing out the coverage of Tuesday’s game with a handy scoring chance summary. [Let’s Go Flyers]
*Braydon Coburn returned to practice yesterday and seriously HURRY BACK PLEASE. [Courier-Post]
*Chris VandeVelde has been recalled. [CSN Philly]
*You’ll never believe this, but the Flyers are the worst shootout team ever by a large margin. [BSH]
*In case you forgot that Brian Boucher is awesome he’s here to remind you. [Flyers]
*The team is searching for positives over these first four winless games. [Inquirer]
*Friedman’s latest Thirty Thoughts include some Flyers tidbits; you’ll find them at numbers 10 & 11. [Sportsnet]
*Sam Morin is out of the hospital and his face looks like it hurts. [Let’s Go Flyers]
*Long term injured reserve is not the cap problem solver that you may think it to be. [BSH]
*The league’s new policy of scraping the ice before the overtime period is drawing some ire. [Daily News]
*Looks like Nashville will be hosting the 2016 All-Star Game. [ProHockeyTalk]
*Wondering what the worst city is for NHL players come tax time? [TSN]
*Finally, the league has elected not to shame the players they warn for diving by publicly naming them. “Thanks,” said Brad Marchand. [Puck Daddy]
