Philly forward Mike Richards is a man. Flyers down 4 and what does the captain do. Picks a scrap with Dubinsky to fire his team up. This guy is a fantasy hockey god and should be a top player from start to finish this season. Look for Richards line to look like this 30G, 50A, 100PIMS, +20, 7GW and 280 SOG. Players should model their play after Richards who is a true leader. Philly fans don’t boo him out of town. See Mike Schmidt and his two MVP’s. Easy Philly fans, he’s something special. Quick note: Flyers have scored 3 unanswered goals since the Mike Richards fight, including Richards scoring the 3rd. Like I said, leader and fantasy hockey god.

OTHER UPDATES: Alexander Ovechkin has scored his first goal of the year, which is one of many to come. Later game tonight, see Luongo vs. Kipprusoff part 2. Luongo posted a shutout on Thursday and Kipprusoff got torched, giving up 6. Look for Kippy to rebound, and for Mike Keenan to have him on a short leach. Kings and Sharks open up in what looks to be a long and ugly season for the Kings. Look for Thornton and Cheechoo to put up a couple points each. One positive for the Kings is that the ink star center Anze Kopitar to a 7 year deal. Chris Osgood tallied his first win tonight against the Ottawa Senators, with Johan Franzen scoring back-to-back goals the last with 1:17 left in the game. More to come on tonights action…