Thursday Morning Fly By: Travis Was Busy Yesterday

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

• Because I was thinking about writing something nearly exactly the same thing (there's never any time!), a fantastic story on how Braydon Coburn deserves a lot more attention for his great year: [delcotimes.com]
• Yet another great story on Andreas Nodl: [Daily News]
• Dan Carcillo is fighting for - and so far winning - his spot in the lineup: [Philly Sports Daily]
• The Flyers will have to be aware of the Hurricanes and their desperation: [CSNPhilly] [Philly Sports Daily] [Inquirer] [Frequent Flyers]
• Anthony SanFilippo on this being the only month television cares about hockey. A good rant: [delcotimes.com]
• Looking back on Brian Boucher and his rookie year: [Philadelphia Flyers]
• Andrei Popov had a goal and an assist against France yesterday: [euroflyers]
• Andreas Hadelov signed a 1 year extension, which isn't good news for his backup, Joacim Eriksson: [euroflyers]
• Tim's story on the Phantoms firing their VP of business operations: [PostStar.com]
• Quotes from the Phantoms owner on the decision: [PostStar.com]
• NHL Power Rankings for the week: [SB Nation Philly]
• Is BtN a curse, or do they just know what they're talking about? [Behind The Net]
• Tons of news around the League yesterday. Matt Cooke was suspended for four games: [SBNation.com]
• While not unbiased, arguing that the 4 game suspension wasn't enough: [The Cannon]
• Jeremy Roenick called Cooke "chicken shit", deserving of a 20 game suspension: [Puck Daddy]
• And a good 2-minute video of Matt Cooke cheap shots: [Deadspin]
• Alex Tanguay is out indefinitely with a "neck strain.": [Matchsticks and Gasoline]
• Anton Volchenkov was suspended three games: [SBNation.com]
• The Islanders lost another goalie: [Lighthouse Hockey]
• But they acquired Al Montoya (Michigan!) for a sixth round pick: [New York Islanders]
• Evgeni Malkin will undergo knee surgery and miss 6 months: [SBNation.com]
• Joffrey Lupul was traded to Toronto for Francois Beauchemin: [SBNation.com]
• The Panthers traded Michael Frolik and Alexander Salak to the Blackhawks for Jack Skille and others. Frolik is a guy I've always liked: [Litter Box Cats]
• Why he was traded in one chart. Hmm, wonder what this would look like for Andreas Nodl: [Behind the Net]
• Chris Drury will miss 6 weeks: [Blueshirt Banter]
• An open letter to Mike Milbury to go away: [SBNation.com]
• Did you know the NHL had a salary cap in the 1930s? [SBNation.com]
• Using zone starts to show how well players are at controlling the play. Two members of the Flyers fourth line appear, one positive, one negative: [Behind The Net]
• Lastly, Gabe asks who he should piss off next. In the comments, he cites one of my suggestions: [Behind The Net]