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 Nation Philly]
• Any trade rumors are complicated due to the Flyers' salary cap troubles: [NHL Hot Stove]
• Updates from the Phantoms practice yesterday: [Phantoms Forum]
• An interview with Todd Fedoruk: [The Checking Line]
• Ian Laperriere is up for SI Sportsman of the Year, to be announced December 6th: [SI.com]
• Combining NHL and AHL teams and looking at winning percentages for franchises so far this year: [The Copper & Blue]
• Potential issues in the next CBA: [Down Goes Brown]
• There's some strange hit recording in Washington and Dallas: [The Copper & Blue]
• A great look at the kids currently in the NHL, as eight of the top 5 picks each of the last two years plus Jeff Skinner and Sean Couturier. The conclusion sure is familiar: [SBNation.com]
• Looking at how playoff teams do in the first twenty games of the year and other twenty game stretches. This is why even twenty games are a small sample: [mc79hockey.com]
• Kaspars "LLLL" Daugavins (Lone Latvian Left in League) continues to be awesome, and was the closest person to the net when the Ottawa Senators scored their game winning goal in Winnipeg last night. He didn't score, or get an assist, mind you, but I still give him all the credit. [TRIN]