Thursday Morning Fly By: Bored yet?

*Time to reflect on some things, what do you say? It would appear that the Flyers have fully bought in to Alain Vigneault and all his schemes. How’d that happen? [NBC Sports Philly]

*To the surprise of no one, the Flyers sent all of the called-up Phantoms back to Allentown for the bye to get some playing in while the big boys are on vacation. [BSH]

*Speaking of The Kids... it’s the Prospect Report!!! [BSH]

*The Flyers are confident that they’re coming out of this break in a sprint to the playoffs. [Courier-Post]

*So. Not a single Flyer on Seravalli’s mid-season top-50 players. Interesting. [TSN]

*We’re just about a month out from the trade deadline, so get ready for all rumors, all the time. Here’s the latest crop. [The Hockey News]

*There was a time at which an NHL backup goaltender really only needed to be reliable for like...20, 25 games. Not the case anymore! Load management, baby. [ProHockeyTalk]

*The All-Star fun kicks off tomorrow night, and honestly the most interesting thing they’re doing this year is the elite women’s 3-on-3 game. [The Ice Garden]

*The latest of the 31 Thoughts. No Flyers stuff, FYI. [Sportsnet]

*And finally... someone is uh... accusing Gritty of assault? Well. [Inquirer]

*...we always knew he was a monster, fam. [BSH]