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

• The Flyers are once again bumping up against the 50 contract limit: [Flyers Faithful]
• The Trial on the Isle gets some attention from the league: [NHL.com]
• Notes from camp: [CSNPhilly]
• Brandon Manning is the veteran among camp defenders: [CSNPhilly]
• Profiling Nick Cousins: [The Hockey Guys]
• James van Riemsdyk is excited to play center in Toronto: [NHL.com]
• Former Flyer Lasse Kukkonen signed in Sweden: [Examiner.com]
• Former Flyer Joey Mormina is going back to the Baby Penguins: [Examiner.com]
• The Sharks re-signed Marc-Edouard Vlasic for five-years and $21 million: [Fear The Fin] [Puck Daddy]
• The Capitals signed Wojtek Wolski to a one-year, $600k contract: [Japers' Rink] [Washington Times]
• Peter Mueller reported signed with the Panthers for one year, $1.75 million: [Litter Box Cats]
• Niklas Hagman signed with Lokomotiv, which will also see a memorial game for plane crash victims featuring Evgeni Malkin and Pavel Datsyuk: [Puck Daddy]
• The Red Wings and Maple Leafs will play two alumni games. Seriously: [Puck Daddy]
• Testing three writers on notable NHL Draft busts: [Backhand Shelf]
• A counter argument to the notion that long-term contracts are bad. (s/t kid ish): [The Hockey News]
• Another Eric look on the importance of puck possession over dumping the puck in: [NHLNumbers.com]