*Ron Hextall discussed some things with Elliotte Friedman, these are those things. [BSH]

*The Flyers held their annual season ticket holder town hall meeting this week. [Flyers]

*Meltzer with some bits, including remembering Dmitri Tertyshny. [Hockeybuzz]

*The case against Claude Giroux. [Philly Complex]

*On the Flyers' woes while playing at even strength. [Sons of the Spectrum]

*Top-five NHL players whose names begin with the letter "E". [SB Nation]

*Suggesting a new way to choose the NHL draft order. [The Hockey Writers]

*Why do NHL general managers love to overpay for so-called "winners"? [SB Nation]

*Patrick Kane played in a men's league game in Buffalo; surprisingly enough he was much better than the other guys. [Puck Daddy]

*How the very awesome Hartford Whalers logo came to be. [Icethetics]

*The Red Wings are taking a whole lot of money from a bankrupt city in order to finance their new arena. [Deadspin]

*No one likes Tim Peel but he didn't stick around on Twitter long enough to learn that. Stupid CBA. [SB Nation]

*And finally, twenty random facts about hockey that make for a pretty fun read. [Last Word On Sports]