Today’s open discussion thread, complete with your daily dose of Philadelphia Flyers-related news and notes …
- Travis chimes in with a good breakdown of how the Penguins embarrassed themselves to the point where even Penguins fans agree: [SBNation.com]
- The Flyers rookies continue to impress, as they have done all year: [SB Nation Philly]
- Special teams are playing a big role for the Flyers: [CSNPhilly] [Daily News]
- The Flyers won on home ice. In an afternoon game. Against a strong opponent. This is obviously bizarro world: [SB Nation Philly]
- There have been a lot of goals scored this series, many of which were pretty bad goals, so here is all 17 scored against Marc-Andre Fleury: [Deadspin]
- And here are all 12 scored against Ilya Bryzgalov: [Backhand Shelf]
- The weekly minor league update: [Flyers Faithful]
- Niko Hovinen stopped all 37 shots in a 2-0 Game 1 win in the SM-Liga Final: [euroflyers]
- Phil Sheridan chimes in with a good look at the concussion problem in the NHL and the disconnect between the players and the issue: [Inquirer]
- Sam Donnellon on how Keith Primeau wants the NHL to crack down hard on the Penguins: [Daily News]
- Shanahan was the topic of the day as the lack of consistency in rulings is painfully obvious: [SBNation.com] [Of Ice and Men]
- If you read one story on Shanahan and suspensions today, it should be this one: Explaining the NHL’s justice system in terms of an 1891 Wisconsin Supreme Court case and common law theories of damages. Even if you aren’t a lawyer, it is a great read: [Deadspin]
- In the weekly What We Learned post, we learned that people have a really hard time letting go of perceptions gathered early in a player’s career. Marc-Andre Fleury is the example: [Puck Daddy]
- So Brendan Shanahan gave a radio interview yesterday morning and admitted to thinking about suspending Shea Weber, but since Henrik Zetterberg was not injured, he wasn’t suspended: [Puck Daddy]
- Fighting normally decreases in the postseason, but it isn’t this year: [Backhand Shelf]
- Looking at when goons fight and get ice time, in a fascinating study: [Arctic Ice Hockey]
- Explaining how derogatory statements toward players are offensive to women in a way that doesn’t require insulting the speaker: [The Active Stick]
- Looking at the best and worst players at driving play forward, using Zone Shift. There are a lot of former Flyers among the worst-25, with Betts among the best and Briere among the worst: [Arctic Ice Hockey]
