Friendly, on-going reminder: Please keep all Olympics discussion to the Olympics post so that the Fly By can remain spoiler-free. Thanks!
*It’s kind of a big day. Sweden-Finland at 7AM, USA-Canada at noon. Get ready.
*The Flyers offer their predictions for today’s big game. [Flyers]
*Yesterday the US women earned the Silver in ice hockey. [SB Nation]
*Team USA forward Hilary Knight commented on the strange cross checking penalty she was given at the end of the game. [Puck Daddy]
*We learned yesterday that John Tavares tore his MCL in Sochi and will miss the remainder of the NHL season. Well, former Olympian/Islanders GM Garth Snow lost his mind over it. [Lighthouse Hockey]
*Michael Raffl and his Austrian comrades went out partying the night before their qualifier with Slovenia. [Philly.com]
*Meltzer revisits the JVR/Schenn trade. [Hockeybuzz]
*Midterm 25 Under 25: Luke Schenn. [BSH]
*Vincent Lecavalier says he is starting to feel better on the left wing. [CSN Philly]
*BSH Roundtable: Who is the Flyers MVP thus far? [BSH]
*Claude Giroux is awesome, ASF looks into a few reasons why. [Flyers]
*The trade deadline is coming up quick, which is easy to forget during this long break from the NHL. [TSN]
*A look at how the USA became a hockey superpower. [Grantland]
*Latvian goaltender Kristers Gudlevskis deserves every bit of praise he’s been getting since his incredible performance against Canada. [The Globe & Mail]
*Finally, a really great read about the 70-year old goalie coach in Finland who may be responsible for the seemingly endless parade of tremendous Finnish goaltenders. [The Atlantic]
