*We’ve got four more agonizing days to wait until the Ducks are forced to make their decision, but until then feel good about the fact that at least one Big Famous Hockey Guy thinks the Flyers are going to get him. [BSH]
*Even now, several days out from the offer sheet being announced, folks are still talking about how much this contract will reshape the league, no matter which team ends up executing it. [BSH]
*See, even Elliotte Friedman thinks so. [Sportsnet]
*Shockwaves are being felt throughout the league! From Vancouver to Florida, probably. [The Athletic]
*Somewhat hilariously, the Flyers kinda need Cutter Gauthier to do them a solid to really ensure that the Ducks are completely unable to match Danny Briere’s offer sheet. [BSH]
*Anaheim defenseman Pavel Mintyukov already did the Flyers a solid by demanding (and getting) a much larger contract than most experts were anticipating he’d get. [Sportsnet]
*Anyhoo, back to the current Flyers, in case you missed it, Jamie Drysdale and Trevor Zegras have filed for arbitration. [Inquirer]
*Now, if Pat Verbeek does match Briere’s offer and the Flyers do not get Leo Carlsson, might they have a secondary option available to them? [BSH]
*And finally, there are a lot of reasons to be excited about the possibility of Claude Giroux rejoining the Flyers, perhaps chief among them the fact that the power play could really use his help. But can Giroux actually fix it? We dug in to find out. [BSH]
