Thursday Morning Fly By: It's those pesky cats again...

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

*The Flyers continue their four game home stand with the Florida Panthers tonight at 7PM. Check back later for the BSH preview & with the fine people over at Litter Box Cats for the opposing perspective. In the meantime, preview the game at Flyers.com. It should be a good one.

* Kimmo Timonen is near a contract extension. (BSH) (DN) (CSN)

* Claude is not happy with his game. (Daily News)

* Rounding up last night's NHL action. Jagr, Jagr, Jagr. (SB Nation)

* In case you hadn't noticed, James van Riemsdyk is trolling the Flyers. Hard. (The 700 Level)

* Rob Zombie made an appearance on DNL to talk about his movie in detail. Fun time killer: cast the movie. Chris Pratt could totally play '70s Bill Barber. (Daily News Live)

* Wayne Simmonds is practicing! This is excellent news. (CSN Philly)

* Crosby took a puck to the face and all 400 or so Islanders fans in attendance cheered. If this happened in Philly something tells me it'd be a huge deal... (SB Nation)

* Bruno Gervais is making the most of his increasing ice time. (Philly.com)

* Bill Meltzer does an excellent job explaining why armchair GMing is way easier than the real thing, especially when you're shopping for a defenseman. (Hockeybuzz)

* This goal is awesome. And these are high school kids! Someone get Ginger Jesus to watch the tape; he could totally pull that off. (Puck Daddy)

* Drama in Adirondack. Terry Murray was silent after his team's loss last night to Binghamton. (Post-Star)

* Trenton lost, too. (Flyers Faithful)

* The Leafs' special teams. Preeeeeetty bad. (NHL Numbers)

* Finally, Baby Nail Yakupov with Jaromir Jagr. Aw. (Backhand Shelf)