Wednesday Morning Fly By: Trying to Avoid Talking About a Certain Cherry Hill Native

Today’s open discussion thread, complete with your daily dose of Philadelphia Flyers-related news and notes… Ilya Bryzgalov and Brayden Schenn will play this weekend while Jaromir Jagr hopes to: [CSNPhilly] [Philly Sports Daily] Carolina reaction to claiming Andreas Nodl: [Shutdown Line] My explanation for why the Flyers lost Nodl and why it is troubling: [SB…

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Controlling the narrative

In the wake of the Flyers firing GM Ron Hextall on November 26th, Flyers fans were left in a classic “He said/he said” situation. While team president Paul Holmgren and chairman Dave Scott painted a simple picture of “philosophical differences” and were fairly gracious to Hextall, a series of stories appearing in various mediums shed…

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Tuesday Morning Fly By: Last Night’s Lineup Was Really, Really Weird

Today’s open discussion thread, complete with your daily dose of Philadelphia Flyers-related news and notes… Recaps: [BSH] [Daily News] [CSNPhilly] [delcotimes.com] [Inquirer] [Bill Meltzer] [Philly Sports Daily] [The Checking Line] It’s looking like Claude Giroux will return this week: [In The Room] [delcotimes.com] [CSNPhilly] Will there be a Flyers jersey on the William Penn statue…

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Hart for Hart

Carter Hart. That’s it. That’s the tweet. If you just look at the final score, it’s crazy to think the goaltender is the MVP of a 6-1 victory, but Hart was the man all night. Philly’s 21-year-old netminder stopped all 15 of the Toronto Maple Leafs’ first period shot attempts, and didn’t allow a goal…

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