Thursday (Afternoon) Fly By: Need Four in a Row, Third Line Praise, Krejci Out?

by Geoff Detweiler on May 6, 2010 12:53 PM EDT in Morning Fly By

In better times... (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)

Today's open discussion thread, complete with your daily dose of Philadelphia Flyers news and notes...

Last night's NHL scores... Bruins 4 - Flyers 1 (BOS leads series 3-0); Blackhawks 5 - Canucks 2 (CHI leads series 2-1)
Recaps of last night's game: [BSH] [NHL.com] [CSNPhilly] [Daily News] [DelcoTimes] [The700level]
Photos of last night's game: [BSH]
Mistakes cost the Flyers last night: [Inquirer]
Arron Asham gets much deserved credit for his night, with a bad play he regrets. [Daily News]
Giving credit to the Flyers third-line for their performance last night: [CSNPhilly]
A report says that Mike Richards knocked David Krejci out for the season: [Puck Daddy]
Teaching how not to play a 2-on-1: [Battle of California]
Olli Jokinen is reportedly heading to the KHL: [SBN]
Vancouver has some fun with Patrick Kane: [Puck Daddy]
Apparently Tukka Rask and Ville Leino are from the same hometown: [CSNPhilly]
The Wachovia Center got voted 4th toughest place to play: [Puck Daddy]
The Flyers signed Sergei Bobrovsky: [capgeek]
Part 2 of pending UFAs eliminated in Round 1. A few intriguing names: [From The Rink]
Lastly, questioning if blocking shots is luck or skill. [Irreverent Oiler Fans]

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Krejci :(

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by bestbostonsports on May 6, 2010 12:58 PM EDT reply actions

Lappy standing ovation video

http://flyers.nhl.tv/team/console.jsp?catid=774&id=68746

I tried embedding it as a fanshot, but for some reason, I kept getting a message saying “HTML can’t be blank.” If anyone with better technology wants to see if they have better luck posting the embed code, go right ahead.

And yes, it is as awesome as we all thought it was last night.

Proudly supporting a Flyers team with "no honor."

by Justin F. on May 6, 2010 2:32 PM EDT reply actions

Holy mackinaw. The three year, two-way entry level contract for Bob (can we all agree that’s his nickname?) has a base salary of $900,000 with $850,000 of potential bonuses. So for the Flyers to call him up, they essentially have to have $1.75 million worth of cap space available. With potential bonuses factored in, the Flyers need ~$1.65m available for JVR (#2 overall pick and all) to be on the NHL roster.

I hope this isn’t the “young goalie” acquisition that SanFilippo was told the Flyers were making a priority. Jumping the gun a whole hell of a lot considering we’re still in the playoffs, but going into training camp next year could we see Backlund and Bobrovsky battling to backup Boucher?

by Ben Feldman on May 6, 2010 4:21 PM EDT reply actions