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

• The Flyers lost the rights to center Dave Labrecque and goalie Nic Riopel: [Philly Sports Daily]
• A nice article asking if Paul Holmgren is still the right guy to be GM. No, it's not a witch hunt, and no it's not saying he should be fired. It's calm and rational and worth the read: [Flyers Faithful]
• This article is from a week ago, but looking at what Mike Richards probably went through while playing with his wrist injury: [Philly Reign]
• Donald Brashear won his MMA debut... in 21 seconds: [Puck Daddy]
• Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final saw some pretty poor ratings after posting some of the best in Game 1: [Puck Daddy]
• Testing the theory that some teams are built for the playoffs while others are built for the regular season: [Objective NHL]