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

• Sam Carchidi played a Strat-O-Matic version - yes, Strat-O-Matic - of last night's Flyers/Bruins game: [Inquirer]
• Analyzing the goals given up by Ilya Bryzgalov against Traktor: [Flyers Faithful]
• Recapping the third day of Phantoms practice, where it looks like Scott Munroe will be the starting goalie: [Phantoms Forum]
• Tim McManus on the player he most wants to see on the Phantoms - Matt Ford: [Flyers Faithful]
• Previews of last night's canceled games: [Backhand Shelf]
• What we lost by missing Opening Night: [Puck Daddy]
• So how did yesterday's talks go? Guess: [SBNation.com]
• Other hockey to watch while the lockout drags on: [SI.com]
• What is NBCSN doing during the lockout? [SBNation.com] [Puck Daddy]
• Donald Fehr is reserving the right to fight the salary cap as a nuclear option: [Puck Daddy]
• Penn State's transition to D-I hockey ends tonight: [Thank You Terry]
• Interview with Kings GM Dean Lombardi: [NHL.com]
• So a Justin Bieber fan wrote on the makeshift Rick Rypien memorial in Vancouver, was met with harsh words on twitter: [Deadspin]
• Due to the NHL enforcing their gag rule on Kings' reporter Rich Hammond, he left his job: [Jewels From The Crown] [Puck Daddy] [Deadspin]
• Hockey Players with Pets is a self-explanatory website: [Backhand Shelf]
• Eric with a great post on goaltending salaries and value: [NHLNumbers]
• As Roberto Luongo put it, David Booth is now making up animals to kill: [Backhand Shelf]
• Lastly, analyzing - mostly mocking - the style of Martin Straka and Jaromir Jagr from a 90s photoshoot: [Backhand Shelf]