Today’s open discussion thread, complete with your daily dose of Philadelphia Flyers-related news and notes…
- The Flyers are once again bumping up against the 50 contract limit: [Flyers Faithful]
- The Trial on the Isle gets some attention from the league: [NHL.com]
- Notes from camp: [CSNPhilly]
- Brandon Manning is the veteran among camp defenders: [CSNPhilly]
- Profiling Nick Cousins: [The Hockey Guys]
- James van Riemsdyk is excited to play center in Toronto: [NHL.com]
- Former Flyer Lasse Kukkonen signed in Sweden: [Examiner.com]
- Former Flyer Joey Mormina is going back to the Baby Penguins: [Examiner.com]
- The Sharks re-signed Marc-Edouard Vlasic for five-years and $21 million: [Fear The Fin] [Puck Daddy]
- The Capitals signed Wojtek Wolski to a one-year, $600k contract: [Japers’ Rink] [Washington Times]
- Peter Mueller reported signed with the Panthers for one year, $1.75 million: [Litter Box Cats]
- Niklas Hagman signed with Lokomotiv, which will also see a memorial game for plane crash victims featuring Evgeni Malkin and Pavel Datsyuk: [Puck Daddy]
- The Red Wings and Maple Leafs will play two alumni games. Seriously: [Puck Daddy]
- Testing three writers on notable NHL Draft busts: [Backhand Shelf]
- A counter argument to the notion that long-term contracts are bad. (s/t kid ish): [The Hockey News]
- Another Eric look on the importance of puck possession over dumping the puck in: [NHLNumbers.com]
