Today's open discussion thread, complete with your daily dose of Philadelphia Flyers news and notes...
- It looks like Sergei Bobrovsky will get his first start of the year tonight: [CSNPhilly]
- The Flyers are taking too many penalties: [The Checking Line] [Philly Sports Daily] [Inquirer] [CSNPhilly]
- Scott Hartnell has seen his ice time drop this season: [Daily News]
- The Future Flyers Weekly Report starring Nick Cousins, Brendan Ranford, and Brayden Schenn: [Flyers Faithful]
- Jim Jackson gives his five notes after one week: [CSNPhilly]
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Jaromir Jagr has 10 shots and no goals: [CSNPhilly] [delcotimes.com] [Philly Sports Daily]
- Arguing that Brayden Schenn should stay in the AHL for a bit: [Flyers Faithful]
- 18-year old players are finding their way on NHL rosters: [NHL.com]
- Power Rankings after the first week show a lesson in small sample size problems: [SB Nation Philly]
- Why hot starts are a myth and why you shouldn't let opinions form after 5 games: [Backhand Shelf]
- Drew Doughty doesn't have a concussion, but he was still placed on IR: [SBNation.com]
- The Blue Jackets sent Matt Calvert to the AHL inexplicably: [The Cannon]
- More about Columbus, as they had to use the emergency recall option with their second and third string goalies out with injury. Hey, the Flyers can give them one: [The Cannon]
- The Oilers' official scorer is a little biased: [The Copper & Blue]
- Justin Bourne offers a good look at the day of a healthy scratch: [Backhand Shelf]
- Looking at what happens after a faceoff, and how important they are to win: [Arctic Ice Hockey]
- A new metric looking at save percentage was talked about a lot yesterday, as it looks at defense independent save percentage: [WSJ.com]
- Congratulations to Braydon Coburn on the birth of their first child: [NHLFlyers]