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

• Dave takes a look at the Flyers awful history in shootouts and why they have to improve at them: [SB Nation Philly]
• Matt Carle is keeping an eye on contract extensions, while Frank wonders if Carle could get James Wisniewski money: [Daily News]
• Chris Pronger dropped by practice yesterday morning: [Frequent Flyers] [Inquirer] [CSNPhilly] [delcotimes]
• Matt Read is performing like a veteran while only costing a rookie price: [The Checking Line]
• A brief history of 0-0 shootout games in the NHL: [the700level]
• Phantoms injury update including Matt Ford, Garrett Klotz, Matt Walker, and more: [Phantoms Forum]
• Red Wings v. Maple Leafs at Michigan Stadium will be announced today: [SBNation.com] [Puck Daddy] [Backhand Shelf]
• Vinny Prospal signed a one-year, $3.5 million extension with Columbus, possibly taking him off the trade market: [The Cannon] [SBNation.com]
• Good look at just how great Ken Holland was at drafting from 1997-2005: [The Copper & Blue]

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

• Recaps from last night: [BSH] [SB Nation Philly] [Lighthouse Hockey] [CSNPhilly] [Daily News] [Inquirer] [delcotimes.com] [the700level] [Flyers Faithful] [The Checking Line] [Bill Meltzer]
• Kimmo Timonen said he's "happy with the effort" and that "the effort was there" for the full 65 minutes. I'm waiting for the shouts of "doesn't care about losing" to come: [CSNPhilly]
• James van Riemsdyk spoke about his concussion and his recovery: [CSNPhilly] [Daily News] [delcotimes.com]
• Rich Hoffman says Danny Briere looked good last night, but it's how he feels today that matters: [Daily News]
• Ever hear of laces bite? Admittedly, I hadn't. It's apparently a problem for Marc-Andre Bourdon: [Daily News]
• Debating the Flyers' likely moves at the upcoming deadline: [Flyers Faithful]
• A nice story on what Kevin Marshall brings to the Bears: [PennLive.com]
• Looking at the most expensive bluelines and their teams' goals against average. Chris Pronger makes the Flyers look bad: [Puck Daddy]
• Frans Nielsen signed a four year, $11 million extension with the Islanders: [Lighthouse Hockey] [Puck Daddy]
• An interesting idea here: looking at the 80 players who deviated most from their average ice time in last night's games: [NHL Ice Time]

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

• Danny Briere may play tonight: [CSNPhilly] [Inquirer] [delcotimes.com]
• The Flyers are having trouble starting games recently: [SB Nation Philly]
• Sam Donnellon chimes in with a piece on the up and down Flyers, including some timely quotes about the Flyers system: [Daily News]
• Ilya Bryzgalov is quite polarizing. Tim Panaccio says he (and the defense) need to improve: [CSNPhilly]
• Whereas Matt Brigidi says he showed signs of improving: [The Checking Line]
• Opponents have been breaking slumps against the Flyers recently. Why? Who knows: [Orange and Black Pack]
• The Future Flyers Weekly Report starring Tye McGinn, Brendan Ranford, and Niko Hovinen: [Flyers Faithful]
  
• A good look at Al Hill, pro scout for the Flyers: [PA Puck]
• It's Nashville's turn to discuss trading for Jeff Carter: [On the Forecheck]
• It looks like Ray Emery has a chance to win the starting job in Chicago. Apparently people are terrified at this possibility: [Puck Daddy]
• Travis doesn't think the NHL is likely to be in Seattle. Here's why: [SBNation.com]
• A roundup of jersey rumors for next year: [icethetics]
• Twelve players would could be moving by the end of the month: [Down Goes Brown]
• A thorough look at why helmets can't solve concussions: [SI.com]
• SportsCenter spent under six minutes on hockey last week, good for 1.7% of their programming. They finally beat baseball, but they lost to both tennis and X Games: [Deadspin]
• A fascinating interview with Howard Baldwin, former Whalers owner: [Hockey Prospectus]
• The NHL needs to strap cameras on linesman's helmets immediately. Here's why: [Puck Daddy]

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

• Recaps of yesterday's really bad game: [BSH] [CSNPhilly] [Frequent Flyers] [Daily News] [Inquirer] [delcotimes.com] [Flyers Faithful] [the700level] [The Checking Line]
• When asked what the difference is between the Flyers and Rangers, Kimmo Timonen said "the goalie": [delcotimes.com]
• The Flyers are aware of concussions, especially since Paul Holmgren had one this year: [delcotimes.com]
• The Phantoms lost to Providence Saturday, 3-2. They scored from center ice in the waning seconds, but were offsides: [PostStar]
• Jakub Kovar stopped 32 of 33 shots in a 2-1 OT win yesterday: [euroflyers]
• Johan Backlund stopped 27 of 28 shots in a 3-1 win on Saturday: [euroflyers]
• Ed Rendell and Ed Snider are part of a group interested in buying the Inquirer and Daily News: [SB Nation Philly]
• A good look at what is really troubling the NHL - operating income: [The Checking Line]
• How is Seattle looking as an NHL city? Better than it was last week: [Puck Daddy]
• Other ways NHL teams get an unfair home ice advantage: [Down Goes Brown]
• Checking in on the weekly playoff probabilities: [Fear The Fin]
• PDO is a little like BABiP, at least in the sense that some players are consistently above or below the average: [Hockey Analysis]
• Bruce Boudreau could be a legitimate Jack Adams candidate, if only because the Capitals are significantly worse without him. But really, his teams are better with him than without him. By a lot: [Backhand Shelf]
• Asking for assistance in refining the introduction for advanced statistics: [Arctic Ice Hockey]

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

• Recaps of last night's win: [BSH] [On the Forecheck] [CSNPhilly] [delcotimes.com] [Daily News] [Inquirer] [Flyers Faithful] [the700level] [The Hockey Guys] [The Checking Line]
• Wayne Simmonds is having a career year. This applies to a lot of players this year: [CSNPhilly]
• Scott Hartnell enjoyed spending a day with the Predators trainer, a guy many players love: [TheTennessean]
• Jaromir Jagr gave a quick interview in the Czech Republic, translated here: [Flyers Faithful]
• John LeClair, Derian Hatcher, and Keith Primeau took in a skate: [the700level]
• Great, great commercial from Budweiser that will run in Canada during the Super Bowl: [SBNation.com] [Puck Daddy]
• Making sense of the Kevin Marshall trade: [PostStar]
• The Phantoms are looking for a good start out of the break: [PostStar]
• An interview with Tim McManus: [Flyers Faithful]
• Hey, curling in Aston, previous home of BSH Open Ice games: [delcotimes.com]
• Ryan Suter isn't talking about the rumors of him coming to Philly: [delcotimes.com]
• Jeff Carter is officially on the trade block: [SBNation.com]
• In case you missed it, the Kings got a break from the scoreboard pausing with 1.5 seconds left, which allowed them to score. The hilarious reactions from Dean Lombardi, Scott Howson and Gary Bettman: [SBNation.com] [Puck Daddy] [NHL.com] [Backhand Shelf] [Deadspin]
• Why the Islanders will never work in Brooklyn: [SI.com]

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

• Danny Briere and James van Riemsdyk both sat out of practice yesterday: [CSNPhilly] [delcotimes.com]
• Brayden Schenn is sick of being asked how rough his first half was: [Daily News]
• Tuesday's game was a good first step for Ilya Bryzgalov: [The Checking Line]
• Recounting the experience at the AHL All-Star Game: [Flyers Faithful]
• Some great images from a fan in the first (maybe second) row of Scott Hartnell getting hit and - of course - falling down: [the700level]
• Oh Jody Shelley. Trying to fight Mark Stuart - a guy who has fought George Parros, Cody McLeod, Shawn Thornton, and Matt Carkner in the last six weeks - and getting turned down? Mike Rupp was right: [The Checking Line]
• Looking at the positives and negatives of waiting to trade: [Orange and Black Pack]
• As big fans of Quisp, it's interesting to read his take on who the Kings could acquire, which spends a great deal of time talking about Jeff Carter: [Jewels From The Crown]
• A not-terrible idea: Creating the Mario Lemieux Hat Trick: [Puck Daddy]
• Happy Birthday Ben Rothenberg!

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

• Recaps: [BSH] [Arctic Ice Hockey] [SBNation.com] [CSNPhilly] [Inquirer] [Daily News] [delcotimes.com] [Flyers Faithful] [The Checking Line East] [The Checking Line West]
• Jaromir Jagr battled a sore groin all last night: [Daily News]
• Jagr has one goal for the second half: Get Claude Giroux the Art Ross: [CSNPhilly]
• Danny Briere spoke about his concussion - an elbow from Anton Volchenkov - and how he's disappointed: [Frequent Flyers] [CSNPhilly]
• Great article on the Flyers captaincy, and how they should not make the same mistake with Giroux that they made with Mike Richards: [GCOBB.COM]
• The Flyers are slowing recovering from their injuries: [delcotimes.com]
• Solid comparison of Giroux and Evgeni Malkin, one that goes beyond points: [The Hockey Guys]
• Thorough breakdown of the Flyers needs and Paul Holmgren's previous approaches: [SB Nation Philly]
• Niko Hovinen stopped 15 of 16 shots in a 5-1 win: [euroflyers]
• Jakub Kovar stopped 24 of 27 shots, playing 47 minutes in a 4-1 loss: [euroflyers]
• Johan Backlund stopped 27 of 28 shots in a 2-1 OT win: [euroflyers]
• Jeff Carter is looking to get out of Columbus. Does that make teams hesitant to acquire him? [The Cannon] [SBNation.com] [Puck Daddy]
• Want to see an indefensibly bad call? The Penguins bump their own goalie, who flops, and the Maple Leafs' goal gets disallowed: [Puck Daddy]
• The Islanders will play a preseason game in Brooklyn next year: [SBNation.com]
• Zach Parise is unlikely to be traded before the deadline: [SBNation.com] [Puck Daddy]
• Sidney Crosby spoke to the media yesterday: [SBNation.com] [Puck Daddy]
• Things that get you traded: Marek Zidlicky goes off on head coach Mike Yeo, then has closed door meeting with GM Chuck Fletcher. Hey, the Flyers can give your 3rd round pick back. Deal: [StarTribune.com]
• Quick look at who has the toughest and easiest schedule - according to opposition win percentage - remaining: [ESPN]
• Synchronized Mascots Tebowing? Synchronized Mascots Tebowing: [Puck Daddy]
• Great moments in All-Star Weekend history: [Down Goes Brown]

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

• Danny Briere, Jaromir Jagr, James van Riemsdyk, and Zac Rinaldo were all on the ice at practice yesterday: [CSNPhilly]
• Jagr isn't frustrated yet: [delcotimes.com]
• The Flyers face the Jets tonight to kick off a difficult month: [CSNPhilly] [Bill Meltzer]
• Can Scott Hartnell score 40 goals this year? [The Checking Line]
• The All-Star Game isn't broken, but it can be improved. Travis gives three easy fixes: [SBNation.com]
• NHL Power Rankings this week, including playoff probabilities and a new leader atop the Western Conference: [SB Nation Philly]
• How do rookies compare to each other using bubble graphs: [The Copper & Blue]
• The Hurricanes signed Tim Gleason to a four-year, $16 million extension: [SBNation.com] [Puck Daddy]
• Just like Gleason, Ryan Suter is unlikely to be traded: [Frequent Flyers]
• The NHL got 9 minutes on SportsCenter last week. Once again less than baseball: [Deadspin]
• Can you name the NHL's best shootout specialist? No? That's the point: [Backhand Shelf]
• Ben returns to the States today, so be sure to greet him warmly.