Is Giroux Costing The Flyers?
The Philadelphia Flyers, to put it bluntly, aren't flying. In fact it's hard not to notice how badly the team is performing this season. Only Buffalo sits below the Flyers in the league. Many fingers across the internet are starting to point at Flyers captain Claude Giroux . Last season Giroux averaged a point per game, even more the season before that. So far this season? After 15 games, he's contributed seven points. All from assists. There's no doubt that assists are important, but the Flyers have scored the fewest goals in the league so far. The top five teams' first lines are averaging 15 goals each, while the Flyers' front line has scored seven. Now it's hard to compare the best teams in the league with Philadelphia, a team still being rebuilt, but Giroux has said this season that the Flyers are going to challenge for the Stanley Cup. If that's really going to happen, the Flyers are going to need a lot more goals. This is the thing. Gir...