Today’s open discussion thread, complete with your daily dose of Philadelphia Flyers-related news and notes…
- Paul Holmgren said Claude Giroux is suffering from whiplash, not a concussion: [CSNPhilly]
- Sean Couturier looks to fill in for Giroux on the top line: [CSNPhilly] [Inquirer] [Philly Sports Daily] [delcotimes.com] [The Checking Line]
- It’s a good thing the Flyers are being cautious with Giroux: [The Hockey Guys]
- This is just another injury the Flyers need to deal with: [Philly Sports Daily]
- The Flyers and Capitals have played some intense hockey for a few years now: [CSNPhilly]
- Ed Snider was inducted into the US Hockey Hall of Fame yesterday: [Inquirer] [Phillly Sports Daily]
- What can be done with Johan Backlund? [The Checking Line]
- The Future Flyers Weekly Report starring Brendan Ranford, Ricard Blidstrand, and Shane Harper: [Flyers Faithful]
- Power Rankings this week show that St. Louis needs to be watched: [SB Nation Philly]
- The Kings fired former Flyers head coach Terry Murray and named former Flyers head coach John Stevens the interim head coach: [Puck Daddy]
- John Tortorella is complaining about the 24/7 cameras: [SBNation.com]
- Travis weighs in with a great look at why enforcers need to be removed from the game but not fighting: [SBNation.com]
- Comparing Minnesota Wild head coach Mike Yeo with Tim Tebow shows how improbable it is that both “just win”: [Backhand Shelf]
- From Ben: Having been in many a press conference/scrum, the “talk about…”ers are the bane of my existence. I don’t know if I would have said “[t]he repeated Kabuki of the group press conference is institutional dehumanization,” but he’s not far off. [ESPN]
