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

• Brayden Schenn was back skating yesterday, on the "scratch line" with Jody Shelley and Andreas Nodl: [Frequent Flyers] [CSNPhilly] [Philly Sports Daily]
  
• Ilya Bryzgalov is facing his old team: [CSNPhilly] [Philly Sports Daily] [Daily News] [Inquirer] [delcotimes] [The Checking Line]
  
• Frank Seravalli looks at five teams whose records don't reflect their true skill: [Hockey Primetime]
• Looking at preseason projections and accounting for performance to date: [The Checking Line]
• A behind-the-scenes look at Jaromir Jagr filming a commercial in Philadelphia for Sazka, a Czech company: [Flyers Faithful]
• Jakub Kovar stopped 28 of 31 shots in a 3-2 loss: [euroflyers]
• Arguing that the NHL needs to avoid protecting goalies like the NFL protects quarterbacks: [Puck Daddy]
• The Islanders officially unveiled their new horrendous black third jerseys: [SBNation.com] [Puck Daddy] [icethetics]
• Attempting to see a correlation between attack time and Corsi and Fenwick: [Pension Plan Puppets]
• Advanced stats really aren't so complicated if you can handle watching and counting: [OilersNation]
• Is there a GM in the NHL that is truly great? [Arctic Ice Hockey]