Today's open discussion thread, complete with your daily dose of Philadelphia Flyers-related news and notes...
- Recaps: [BSH] [SB Nation Philly] [Hockey Wilderness] [delcotimes.com] [CSNPhilly] [Inquirer] [Daily News] [Flyers Faithful] [The Checking Line]
- Jaromir Jagr says Claude Giroux is in a slump and you shouldn't be worried: [CSNPhilly] [Daily News]
- Point/Counterpoint with Tim Gleason and Luke Schenn: [Flyers Faithful]
- Johan Backlund stopped 23 of 27 shots in a 5-4 overtime victory in his Kärpät debut: [euroflyers]
- The Phantoms could have moved into first place Monday night, but they lost to Albany 5-3: [PostStar] Notes & Quotes: [Phantoms Forum]
- An illustrated look at players with 1,000 or more games with one team, including only one player for the Flyers. Guess who it is: [Puck Daddy]
- The pros and cons of a Detroit/Toronto Winter Classic: [Down Goes Brown]
- NHL Power Rankings, where three games against the Avalanche and Islanders (oh, and a win against the Flyers) make Nashville this week's winner: [SB Nation Philly]
- The Kings picked Teddy Purcell over Matt Moulson, who is now a three-time 20 goal scorer and well on his way to three-time 30 goal scorer. But it's not as easy as blaming Dean Lombardi: [Jewels From The Crown]
- Scary stuff as Taylor Hall took a skate to the face in pre-game warmups last night, requiring 30 stitches above his eye. Non-graphic video of the incident: [SBNation.com]
- After looking at how well players score based on what line they are on, some interesting things came up when looking at home and road splits for each of the four lines: [Arctic Ice Hockey]
- Are goalie wins really the number one criteria for the Vezina, as Scott Burnside claims? Thankfully, no. Not even close: [Brodeur is a Fraud]