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

• Frank Seravalli wrote about Corsi! In the paper! This is how you combine stats with observations and quotes. Yes, Matt Carle is a beast. Read it. Love it. Thank him: [Daily News]
• Mike Richards missed practice again yesterday: [Philly Sports Daily] [delcotimes.com]
• Danny Briere has been writing a "diary" (alliteration is great) online, here's the latest installment: [Flyer Files]
• Scott Hartnell has done a good job staying out of the box lately: [delcotimes.com]
• I will never understand the credit Peter Laviolette is getting for Nikolay Zherdev playing well. Shouldn't this prove his being a healthy scratch was an error instead? [NHL.com]
• The Flyers defense has been playing well despite missing Chris Pronger: [CSNPhilly] [Inquirer]
  
• Hey, look at that. The Flyers "have found their game". Almost like it was as easy as, I don't know, flipping a switch: [Philly Sports Daily]
• The Sabres, meanwhile, have been in playoff mode for awhile: [Philly Sports Daily]
• They will try to beat the Flyers with defense and "boring" hockey: [NHL.com]
• But if we are to believe this article, the Sabres might as well give up since they do "not have enough accumulated talent to win a lengthy series." Maybe we should hold off on this: [delcotimes.com]
• Jim Jackson writes another article, this time including the Flyers' veterans stepping up last game: [CSNPhilly]
• Scott Hartnell is growing a beard for charity: [Daily News]
• News on the building of an arena in Allentown... kind of: [mcall.com]
• The NHL signed a ten-year deal with NBC/Versus yesterday: [SBNation.com] [Puck Daddy] [Washington Times] [Deadspin] [Daily News]
  
• Analysis of what the deal means: [Washington Times] [On the Forecheck]
• And Jen does a great job finding the relevant section of the CBA on what it could mean for next year's cap: [BSH]
• The transcript of the call with NHL and NBC Universal: [NHL.com]
• The three Calder Trophy finalists were named, and they are Michael Grabner, Logan Couture, and Jeff Skinner: [SBNation.com] [Puck Daddy]
• Both Steve Downie and Chris Kunitz received one game suspensions. Yes, the NHL got it wrong again: [SBNation.com] [Puck Daddy]
  
• Last night, Mike Richards apologized for purchasing some hats that he may wear in the future. Why this doesn't matter: [Flyers Faithful]
• Hey, a drunk fan jumped over the glass and joined a fight in Russia. Reminds one of Tie Domi: [Deadspin]
• Holy crap: NHL scorers don't even know where the faceoff dot is. And yes, this includes the Flyers' scorers: [Behind the Net]
• Lastly, the official map of an NHL rink: [Down Goes Brown]