Today’s open discussion thread, complete with your daily dose of Philadelphia Flyers-related news and notes…
- All the realignment stories are just begging for an expletive between “re” and “alignment”, but Deadspin already does that: [SBNation.com] [On the Forecheck] [CSNPhilly] [Philly Sports Daily] [Puck Daddy]
- James van Riemsdyk practiced: [Broad Street Bull]
- Andrej Meszaros, Danny Briere, and Brayden Schenn did not: [CSNPhilly] [Frequent Flyers]
- The seven rookies have been playing well: [Philly Sports Daily]
- The Flyers power play had a good weekend: [CSNPhilly]
- Scott Hartnell is a part of that success: [delcotimes.com]
- Future Flyers Report starring Jason Akeson, Tye McGinn, and Brendan Ranford: [Flyers Faithful]
- Power Rankings for week 8 shows little change: [SB Nation Philly]
- Dion Phaneuf made his dad proud by leveling Michael Sauer: [SBNation.com]
- After a DWI, Matthew Barnaby has been fired from ESPN. He may also be deported: [Deadspin]
- Completely off-topic, but the Sixers are asking you to vote for their new mascot. Now is an excellent time to point and laugh. [NBA.com]
- Using NHL Equivalencies for the forwards drafted in 2011 looks favorably on Nick Cousins, less so on Sean Couturier: [The Copper & Blue]
