*It’s rookie game day! Here are your lines for the annual game vs. the Capitals. [BSH]
*The kids, for their part, are really excited to play in an actual hockey game. [Flyers]
*The line of Scott Laughton, Taylor Leier, and Nicolas Aube-Kubel is generating some excitement during rookie camp this week. [Inquirer]
*The Flyers have released their promotional schedule ahead of this Thursday’s public on-sale for single game tickets. Mark those dollar dog nights on your calendar. [Flyers]
*Travis Sanheim is having fun learning a new defensive system while at Flyers camp. [CSN Philly]
*Steve Mason‘s new mask is pretty awesome. His dog is awesomer. [BSH]
*Meltzer on why the Flyers power play units need to be more flexible than they’ve been in the past. [Hockeybuzz]
*Did you guys know that Samuel Morin is the next Chris Pronger? [Inquirer]
*NHL players don’t really seem to care about their own advanced stats numbers. [Puck Daddy]
*Thirty Thoughts on the league’s new rules and various and sundry summer goings-on. [Sportsnet]
*Remember how there’s no HBO 24/7 this year? Well there IS going to be a 24/7-style series, it’s just going to be on a channel you’ve probably never heard of. [SB Nation]
*Ten common-sense ideas for the NHL to consider. [Boston Globe]
*World Cup of Hockey plans are still being finalized and the next Winter Olympics are still up in the air. [ESPN]
*Paul Stewart on the difference between the NHL rule book in October and the NHL rule book in April. [Hockeybuzz]
