Today's open discussion thread, complete with your daily dose of Philadelphia Flyers-related news and notes...
- Assessing the Flyers at the halfway point: [CSNPhilly]
- Andrej Meszaros has been scoring lately: [The Checking Line]
- The Phantoms owners speak candidly about the future of hockey in Glens Falls and their plans on Allentown: [PostStar.com]
- Power Rankings for this week show a stagnant league. But man are there a lot of injuries: [SB Nation Philly]
- The Kings are playing better. Look out: [Backhand Shelf]
- Scott Arniel was finally fired by the Blue Jackets, who hired former Wild head coach Todd Richards as interim boss: [The Cannon] [SBNation.com]
- Brad Marchand was suspended for 5 games for his hip-on-knee check of Sami Salo: [SBNation.com]
- Dustin Penner did what I did! He hurt his back while eating pancakes: [SBNation.com]
- Interesting look at the cost of injured players, shown as a cap hit: [Springing Malik] [The Copper & Blue]
- Another post in the quest for shooting percentage, shot quality, and shot generation, only this time, there might be some evidence suggesting shot quality exists: [Driving Play]