*The Flyers will be playing the Washington Capitals tonight, their last home game for the next ten days. One assumes they’ll have some jump after defeating the Champs Monday night, but they might get a little jump from this, too:
Tortorella sounded optimistic that JvR would be cleared for Wednesday’s game. Still needs to get the final go-ahead, but he seemed optimistic.
— Charlie O’Connor (@charlieo_conn) December 6, 2022
*One hopes that the return of James van Riemsdyk will lead to a bit of improvement in the way of offense. Like… goals and such. [NBC Sports Philly]
*Another look down at the Phantoms confirms that things are going pretty darn well for a couple of key kids up there in Allentown. [Inquirer]
*Looking back on Monday’s win over Colorado, there was some damage done in the effort. The Avalanche lost Nathan MacKinnon, which on top of everything else seems bad for them. [Mile High Hockey]
*The Flyers lost a guy too and quite frankly it feels like both teams suffered an equal loss:
Tanner Laczynski is on IR with a lower-body injury, he’s week-to-week.
— Charlie O’Connor (@charlieo_conn) December 6, 2022
*And finally… trade rumblings? On December 7?? In this economy??? Yeah sure why not. [ESPN]
