*Big day today! We’ll find out who our All-Star is. Have to assume it’s TK, right?
*Also a big day for your Flyers, who are coming home after a long and, ultimately, not-great road trip out west. They’ve got the noted not-great Columbus Blue Jackets tonight and if they’re going to pull up out of this skid, now’s the time. [PHLY]
*In fact it is likely that this home stand, this little batch of games here at The Farg, will make or break this improbable playoff thing this team has been headed toward. [Inquirer]
*We might see Noah Cates return in these next few games… so who’s going to sit? [PHLY]
*Related, it was five years ago that the St. Louis Blues worked on their own improbable playoff thing, so DGB asks what team is most likely to repeat it? [The Athletic]
*The first few PWHL games that took place this week generated quite a lot of buzz and were, by all accounts, fun as hell to watch. Know who agrees? The big guy. [Inquirer]
*Speaking off, the new league has a few interesting rules that the NHL might do well to take a look at. [Sportsnet]
*March will be here before we know it, so might as well start talking deadline moves. [The Athletic]
*Matvei Michkov: might be kinda good. [BSH]
*And finally, ahead of Ed Snider’s birthday this weekend, Joe Watson shared his favorite memories of the man behind the Flyers. [Flyers]
