*Tonight’s the big night, folks: our pal Cutter Gauthier and his Anaheim Ducks will be storming the capital XBox to take on your Philadelphia Flyers. Should be fun. But also, you should probably get over the whole Cutter thing. [BSH]
*Here’s hoping we see Michkov tonight; he missed practice yesterday due to some… discomfort(?) that stemmed from taking a shot off of his foot the other night. [Inquirer]
*We will, of course, be seeing everyone’s favorite shiny new toy, Denver Barkey. Rick Tocchet seems to love him just as much as we do. [BSH]
*Back to Mich for a sec, he seems to be finding his groove again. Which would be really great. Find that groove, settle into it, score lots of goals. [BSH]
*Yeah so guess we’ll get to The News… Danny Briere decided to sign Christian Dvorak to a contract FIVE ENTIRE YEARS in length. Feels like his first definitive L, right? [BSH]
*Not making Sweden’s Olympic team obvious stinks for Sam Ersson but it’s probably pretty good for the Flyers. [BSH]
*Everyone loves a mailbag, right? Cool, here’s a mailbag. Various and sundry questions and answers about all things Flyers. [The Athletic]
*World Juniors will be wrapping up soon, and here’s a handy recap of everything you may have missed over the weekend. [BSH]
*Just as we all predicted, the Flyers and the Pittsburgh Penguins are the two teams that seem to be upending the so-called apple cart in the Eastern Conference so far this season. [Sportsnet]
*And finally, while we’re talking Penguins, there’s nothing better than the Flyers landing a definitive win against our old rivals from the other side of the state. [BSH]
