Flyers' Steve Mason: Defending cage Saturday

Mason will tend twine as Saturday's home starter against the Hurricanes, Wayne Fish of the Courier Times reports.

Analysis:

Mason took losses in his first three starts, but rest assured he's got a long leash. With the average annual value of his contract at $4.1 million, the Flyers are paying him far too much to let him toil away as an infrequently used backup.