Today’s open discussion thread, complete with your daily dose of Philadelphia Flyers news and notes…
- Recaps of last night’s win: [BSH] [CSNPhilly] [Philly Sports Daily] [The700level.com] [Flyers Faithful] [delcotimes.com] [Inquirer] [Daily News]
- James van Riemsdyk is now the proud owner of a Gordie Howe Hat Trick: [Philly Sports Daily]
- Brian Boucher‘s puck handling puts the Flyers defense at ease: [Philly Sports Daily]
- Joonas Lehtivuori notched his first point for Kalpa in his 10th game: [euroflyers]
- Apparently, TSN reported that the Flyers are one of three teams interested in Stephane Da Costa. I missed it. So thank you, Teemu: [euroflyers]
- Remember Brian Wesenberg? Nobody does. That’s why this is awesome: [Flyers Goal Scored By…]
- Kris Versteeg is getting a fresh start in Philly: [Philly Sports Daily]
- As expected, the Flyers tagging rule is getting in between the Flyers and Ville Leino now: [Philly Sports Daily]
- One Toronto fan who defends the Versteeg trade: [Pension Plan Puppets]
- A non-biased take on the trade: [Hockey Prospectus]
- Sadly, the Spectrum is barely even a shell: [Philly Sports Daily] [The700Level.com]
- Justin Goldman of The Goalie Guild dissects the Flyers goaltending depth chart: [Flyers Faithful]
- NHL Power Rankings for Week 20: [SBNation.com]
- Looking at how Ray Shero rationalizes the hypocrisy in employing Matt Cooke: [Puck Daddy]
- The League of Extraordinary Statisticians look at whether size matters (She says yes): [Behind The Net]
- I cannot wait to see Gabe’s reaction to Atlanta’s overpayment of Dustin Byfuglien: [SBNation.com]
- Chris Kelly was traded to the Bruins for a second round pick. Seriously: [SBNation.com]
- A great look at why the Stars should trade Brad Richards despite being in 4th place in the West: [The Copper & Blue]
- And another great look at PK save percentage and some unsustainabe numbers: [The Copper & Blue]
- There’s a growing gap between Boston College and Boston University. Good article on college hockey: [SB Nation Boston]
- Don’t say NBC hates hockey: They have a double-header on Sunday, then another game on Versus at 6. Comcast Triple-Play! [NHL.com]
- A brief history of hockey brawls, including one about the Flyers and another about Pronger. As always, it doesn’t disappoint: [Down Goes Brown]
- More from the Detroit/Chicago game: Passing, Shooting, and Possession numbers in a fancy chart: [Behind the Net]
- Lastly, the last two days have been the busiest in BSH history, with Tuesday topping our record traffic mark set on Monday. Thank you (and Kris Versteeg).
