Evgeni Malkin: still ugly, officially dirty

Evgeni Malkin won’t be suspended for this hit on Sean Couturier, but if his name were … oh, I don’t know, not Evgeni Malkin, he’d have racked up enough infractions in the five Eastern Conference Quaterfinal games between the Flyers and Penguins to at least warrant some kind of supplementary discipline. His hit that knocked…

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Thursday Morning Fly By: Zac Rinaldo is our Rorschach Test

Today’s open discussion thread, complete with your daily dose of Philadelphia Flyers-related news and notes… * Claude Giroux said he is feeling “really fine”, even if the phrasing is terribly awkward: [CSNPhilly] [Daily News] * The Phantoms lost to St. John’s 3-2 last night: [Philadelphia Flyers] [Phantoms Forum] [The Saratogian] [Bill Meltzer] [Philadelphia Flyers] *…

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Thursday Morning Fly By: I Got Somethin on my Shoulder

Today’s open discussion thread, complete with your daily dose of Philadelphia Flyers news and notes… Hey, did you hear Bill Guerin skated with the Flyers yesterday? [Flyers] [CSNPhilly] [NHL.com] Great story on Traktor Chelyabinsk honoring Dmitry Tertyshny with an annual tournament: [NHL.com] Is the NHL circumventing the CBA? Seriously: [Jewels From the Crown] Jonathan Willis…

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