*ASF continues his look at why an early-season slump is difficult to overcome and recaps Mark Streit’s and Jakub Voracek’s Sochi debuts.
*Midterm 25 Under 25: Mark Alt. [BSH]
*Looking into what leads to an upset: bad bounces, bad calls, slow starts. [Backhand Shelf]
*A new episode of Flight Plan is up for your viewing pleasure. [Flyers]
*Johnathan Quick has been named the starter of the first Team USA game; some think Ryan Miller should’ve gotten the nod.
*Carey Price will be in net for the Canadians today; we’ll see Luongo on Friday. [SB Nation]
*Teemu Selanne is enjoying every bit of the last Olympics of his career. [NHL]
*Thirty Thoughts: keys to Olympic success. [CBC]
*Thirty-four years later, the 1980 loss to Team USA is still driving Team Russia. [Inquirer]
*NHL scouts would be well-served by working closely with the stats guys. [Hockey-Graphs]
*Eric T. looks at whether a consistently good or a mediocre-with-flashes-of-greatness goalie is the best path to tournament success. [SBN]
*And finally, Sochi’s Olympic hockey arena is seriously cool. [SBN] [Yahoo]
Ed. Note: As per usual, please try and keep all discussion of today’s Olympic events out of the Fly-By and in the Olympic discussion thread, out of courtesy to those who can’t watch them live. Thanks! –Kurt
