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

• Recaps: [BSH] [PensBurgh] [The Checking Line] [Inquirer] [CSNPhilly] [delcotimes] [Flyers Faithful] [Of Ice and Men] [the700level]
• The next few weeks will certainly be entertaining: [Daily News]
  
• The Penguins sent a message at the end of the game, but Peter Laviolette played right into it with his choice of forwards: [SB Nation Philly]
• The new shutdown line of Sean Couturier and Maxime Talbot is playing really well: [The Hockey Guys]
• Animated gifs of Hulk Hogan look-alike! [SBNation.com]
• A quick chat with Bill Clement: [The Checking Line]
• Reports are coming out that the Flyers signed University of Maine defenseman Matt Mangene: [chnews]
• The Phantoms made a furious comeback Friday, beating Syracuse 4-3 in OT: [Phantoms Forum]
• But they then fell to Connecticut 3-0 on Saturday: [PostStar]
• Shane Harper had some family visit him in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton last week: [Citizens Voice]
• Niko Hovinen made 29 saves as his team forced a Game 7 against Johan Backlund, who made 40 saves in the 4-3 overtime loss: [billmeltzer]
• Eric looked at giveaways for goalies and came away with some interesting results: [SBNation.com]
• Random video of the day: Reader JB was watching a movie in class when he spotted Claude Giroux's doppelganger. Enjoy: [YouTube]