*Finally, it’s game day! Hope you all enjoyed your extended break from the Flyers. We’ll probably see Sam Ersson tonight, so that’s fun. Anyhoo, yesterday was 4 Nations roster reveal day, and as suspected the Flyers will be sending some dudes. Big congrats to Rasmus Ristolainen! [Inquirer]
*And to the Travii! They’ll be representing Canada. Big day for the boys. [TSN]
*After 25 games, how are we feeling about the state of the rebuild? If you subscribe to Charlie’s website, you can check out his assessment. [PHLY]
*The Flyers started the season taking way too many dumb penalties way too often. You may have noticed they’ve been working on that. [BSH]
*No matter how down you are on Danny Briere and his Process, you must admit that the Flyers no longer qualify as “hopeless”, right? [The Athletic]
*Let’s check in on The Kids with this week’s Farm Stars! [BSH]
*Now that we know the rosters for the 4 Nations faceoff, we must grade the rosters for the 4 Nations faceoff. [ESPN+]
*And finally, while the Ottawa Senators are a mess right now, unlike some people, they know Claude Giroux isn’t the problem. [Sportsnet]