Today's open discussion thread, including your daily dose of Philadelphia Flyers news...

• Yes it's late.  Sorry.
  
• Last night's NHL scores... CAR 4- OTT 1; BOS 3 - TOR 2 (SO); ATL 6 - NYI 3; WAS 5 - TB 4; PIT 5 - NYR 4 (OT); NAS 4 - LA 2; STL 6 - DAL 1; PHX 3 - COL 1; SJ 3 - MTL 2
• Previews of tonight's game:  [Inquirer] [CSNPhilly] [NHL.com] And check out SBN's Die by the Blade
• More deadline fallout:  Snider sounds a little defensive and a bit tense in this article. [CSNPhilly]
• Tim McManus has a great story on Jeremy Duchesne, Johan Backlund's once and future backup. [PostStar]
• Gabe Desjardins did a story on what we were just talking about - even strength save-percentage:  "Basically, Even-Strength save percentage, which is measured over a large number of shots, is a significant predictor of future performance, though it must be heavily-regressed to the mean save percentage. SH save percentage, on the other hand, is essentially random." [Behind The Net]
• The title says "Fighting is hockey's problem", (which it isn't) but the story suggests otherwise.  I'm perplexed. [Inquirer]
• Do you have a Nike-Bauer Jr. Supreme One50 stick?  Well, get checked for lead poisoning. [SB Nation]
• Wonder how important goaltending is?  Pension Plan Puppets show just how much their goaltending has cost their team. [Pension Plan Puppets]
• Do you remember this day in Philly history?  Think Ottawa Senators and Patrick Sharp. [The700Level]