Today’s open discussion thread, complete with your daily dose of Philadelphia Flyers news and notes…
- In case you missed the Canadiens eulogy, here it is again: [Puck Daddy]
- Looking at Game 5 scoring chances: [The Copper & Blue]
- Here are the lyrics to the awesome video at the end: [Down Goes Brown]
- One thing that sucks about the long layoff: One storyline will get recylced. Example, Michael Leighton is looking forward to returning to Chicago. [CSNPhilly] [Daily News]
- Don’t forget how we all know why Richards wears the ‘C’ now. [DelcoTimes]
- Another is how the team’s (and Chicago’s) veterans have been waiting for this. [Daily News] [DelcoTimes]
- Simon Gagne and Jeff Carter are pretty glad they elected surgery: [Daily News]
- A good idea not executed very well: The Flyers have a team of rejects: [Inquirer]
- Something no one expected to hear a month ago: “You know something? You’ve got to give Paul Holmgren a lot of credit for picking the guys he’s picked up,” Ed Snider said. [Daily News]
- Comparing the Flyers playoff beards to the Blackhawks. The Flyers win easily. [Puck Daddy]
- Joe Biden: Huge Lukas Krajicek fan. [The700level]
- The Flyers needed an attitude adjustment and Peter Laviolette was the one to do it. [CSNPhilly]
- What if the Flyers lost the shootout to the Rangers? [DelcoTimes]
- For the first time in 37 years, the Rangers and Islanders made a trade. [Puck Daddy]
- Openly wondering what Tomas Vokoun’s worth is. [Behind the Net]
- But is it really important to have an elite goalie in the playoffs? [Hockey or Die]
- Is it even important to draft goalies well? [The Copper & Blue]
- Trey from Phish attended Game 5 and even got to go in the post-game locker room. [The700Level]
- More videos from Game 5: [The700Level]
- How the Blackhawks overpower opponents and whether the Flyers can stop them. [Puck Daddy]
- Ville Leino feels a lot better about himself: [EuroFlyers]
- Kimmo Timonen with some interesting quotes regarding Montreal: [EuroFlyers]
- Looking at players who are going to have much less production next year. [From The Rink]
- Asking who everyone thinks will win: [Behind The Net]
- Lastly, on this day 10 years ago the Flyers got eliminated by the Devils. [The700level]