Today’s open discussion thread, complete with your daily dose of Philadelphia Flyers news and notes…
- Recaps of yesterday’s skills competition: [BSH] [Philly Sports Daily] [CSNPhilly] [Frequent Flyers] [Inquirer] [Flyers Faithful] [Flyer Files] [delcotimes.com]
- Danny Briere missed yesterday’s game with “lower body soreness”: [SBNation.com] [CSNPhilly] [Frequent Flyers] [Philly Sports Daily]
- Blair Betts left yesterday’s game with a “lower-body injury”: [Philly Sports Daily]
- Now injuries are becoming a problem for the Flyers: [delcotimes.com] [NHL.com] [Inquirer]
- Meanwhile, Ville Leino was benched in the third: [CSNPhilly]
- Nikolay Zherdev has had himself a great weekend. Take these quotes however you wish: [Philly Sports Daily]
- The Phantoms played two games this weekend, first beating the Devils 9-5, where Mike Testwuide notched his first AHL hat trick: Recap: [PostStar.com] Post-Game: [PostStar.com]
- Then the Phantoms beat Syracuse 3-0 on Saturday, where Michael Leighton got his 33rd AHL shutout: Recap: [PostStar.com] Post-Game: [PostStar.com] In-Game: [PostStar.com]
- Tim McManus gives his answer for who the Phantoms MVP was, and he picked Ben Holmstrom: [PostStar.com]
- Michael Leighton saw his game-worn retro jersey go for $1,000 in a post-game auction: [PSPhantoms]
- The Phantoms are preparing for their final two home games of the year: [PostStar.com]
- Tom Sestito is out for the rest of the season with an “upper-body injury”: [PSPhantoms]
- A Q & A I did on all things Philly sports: [Home Field Advantage]
- Looking at the value of a first-half First Round draft pick: [The Copper & Blue]
- Referee Bill McCreary is officially retired: [Puck Daddy]
- An interesting look at the Predators defensemen and shots given up in the slot: [On the Forecheck]
- A more complete statistical record of the bubble team’s last 20 games: [Puck Daddy]