NEWARK, NJ - JUNE 02: Jeff Carter #77 of the Los Angeles Kings celebrates with teammates after scoring the game winning goal in overtime against the New Jersey Devils during Game Two of the 2012 NHL Stanley Cup Final at the Prudential Center on June 2, 2012 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Paul Bereswill/Getty Images)
Today's open discussion thread, complete with your daily dose ofPhiladelphia Flyers-related news and notes...
- A good breakdown of right-handed shooting defensemen available this summer after a quote from Zach Parise saying they exploited the Flyers lack of one: [GCobb]
- Maxime Talbot will have his jersey retired by his Juniors team: [The Checking Line]
- Scoring Chances from Game 2: [NHLNumbers.com]
- It's not just the King who have a bunch of former Flyers, the Devils do, too: [Examiner.com]
- Draft profile on Tomas Hyka: [Last Word On Sports]
- Tim Thomas announced - on Facebook, as he is wont to do - that he will be taking a year off from the NHL: [Stanley Cup of Chowder] [SI Tracking Blog] [Puck Daddy]
- A report is out that the Rangers are interested in Predators' forward Alexander Radulov: [Blueshirt Banter]
- Some good anecdotes of how ballsy Ilya Kovalchuk was at age 18: [Backhand Shelf]
- On timely: "The idea that a team can time its way to victory, scoring only at precise moments to ensure the turn of the tide is a ludicrous one." [NHLNumbers.com]
- A solid explanation of why Moneyball is misunderstood as purely numbers, but is actually about finding guys who have an undervalued or overvalued trait: [Backhand Shelf]


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