Labor Day Musings (albeit a day late)

It is entirely too friggin' warm right now to be thinking about hockey, but here goes...

- Lindros Snubs Flyers return to Spectrum - The Flyers plan on bringing back all the former captains for the Sept. 22 game against Carolina in the old arena. Everyone, that is, except Eric Lindros, who has decided not to show up. Apparently he has a previous engagement, and if that's the case, then that's the case. The Lindros-Clarke affair was a soap opera to say the least, and I have to say, the two of them out on the ice together would have been a bit...tense. Eric was a huge part of the '97 Cup run and a fan favorite for years, but ultimately he and his agent/father crossed swords with then-GM Bob Clarke and lost. With Clarke mostly out of the picture these days, I would think that the animosity between Lindros and the organization has faded.

- Also mentioned in the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Flyers will play their AHL affiliate Phantoms in an exhibition game at the Spectrum on October 7. The game against the Hurricanes wasn't enough, so another Spectrum game was added. I still think they could work in a regular season match to close out in style.

- Maryland 14, Delaware 7 - Meh. I say again, meh.

- Bill Meltzer, an excellent beat writer for the Flyers, reported on Hockey Buzz that informal training sessions have begun down at the Flyers SkateZone in Voorhees, NJ. I correct my initial remark. It's NEVER too warm to be thinking about hockey.