*Yooooooo it’s Deadline Day! Which is either the most exciting day of the year or a disappointing crashing bore! Stay tuned to find out which one we get this year. Oh, and the Flams are in town tonight. Puck drops at 7. Go Flyers.
*Hey you know who definitely isn’t getting moved today? Michael Raffl! [Flyers]
*Charlie has some thoughts on the Raffl extension, which you should read because Charlie rules. [BSH]
*Phantoms captain Colin McDonald was also extended over the weekend. [Highland Park Hockey]
*Brayden Schenn has been killing it since his brother was traded. Guess we know what the problem was. [Inquirer]
*Steve Mason is totally cool with the Flyers riding Neuvirth while he’s hot. [CSN Philly]
*Saturday’s win keeps the Flyers within striking distance of the playoffs. Because that’s how this team does it. [Courier-Post]
*Speaking of that game against the ‘Yotes, let’s look back with ten things. [BSH]
*Have fun watching this clip of Ivan Provorov running house over and over. [Sons of Penn]
*Bill Meltzer looks back on the career of Jim Watson, who will join his brother in the Flyers Hall of Fame. [Flyers]
*Do NHL officials REALLY try to balance power play opportunities? [TSN]
*We know NHL enforcers are a dying (or dead) breed, but what about the “role player”? [The Guardian]
*Mitch Albom talks about his plans for the John Scott movie. [Sportsnet]
*Zac Rinaldo was waived on Sunday. LOL. [Stanley Cup of Chowder]
*And finally, T.J. Oshie was a cute kid. [TSN]