Monday Morning Fly By: All bark

Dec 28, 2025; Seattle, Washington, USA; Seattle Kraken defenseman Ryan Lindgren (55) holds Philadelphia Flyers center Denver Barkey (52) during the first period at Climate Pledge Arena. Mandatory Credit: Steven Bisig-Imagn Images*The Flyers played their first game of 2026 over the weekend, and they came up with a big win over the Oilers to rebound from a tough showing last time out against the Flames. [BSH]

*When you finish going through our takeaways over here, you can check out Charlie’s over at PHLY. Because you simply can never have too many takeaways, right? [PHLY]

*Particularly from a game like that, when there really was so much to like from the Flyers. Towards the top of the list is…