Meltzer’s Musings: Odds and ends 8/12/11

Best of luck to former Flyers forward Sami Kapanen as he attempts to come back this season as an active player for KalPa Kuopio of Finland's SM-Liiga. Bothered by back problems, Kapanen announced his retirement after the 2009-10 season to focus solely on his responsibilities as the team's majority owner. Spending a year off the ice did him a lot of good physically, but Kapanen felt the itch to

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Meltzer’s Musings: Where does Laviolette rank among Flyers’ coaches?

The 2011-12 season will be an extremely important one in the Flyers coaching tenure of Peter Laviolette. Amidst rumors of players and the coach not being on the same page during key portions of last season, the club has undergone a significant makeover (at least among its forward corps and in goal). There will be a lot of pressure on Laviolette to successfully oversee the integration of so man

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Meltzer’s Musings: Righthanded-shooting defensemen

The Flyers have always downplayed the significance of needing a righthanded shooting defenseman to man one of the points on their power play. Whenever asked about the subject, they have said that in and of itself, acquiring a RH shot for the point was not important enough to be a major priority. When the club put together its string of three straight seasons with 20 percent or higher success o

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