The Philadelphia Flyers are presently 29th in the NHL in points scored by their defensemen. Just looking at their roster, you would think the Flyers' defensemen would be a productive lot. Why aren't they contributing more to the team's attack? There are several factors at work here.
The fact that the Philadelphia offense struggled so much earlier in the season certainly doesn't help the statistics of the defense. In the Flyers' 1-7-0 start, the team scored only 11 goals, which meant that nobody was putting up big numbers.
More importantly, the team is still adjusting to coach Craig Berube's new system.
"We’re kind of reinforcing the idea of supporting the attack and really having that second wave of offense coming and supporting the rush," defenseman Braydon Coburn told Rob Parent of the Delaware County Daily Times.
Berube's system does allow defensemen to join the rush at the proper time, but this seems to be the aspect of the game that it is taking the players the longest amount of time to adjust to, in part because it was not a part of Peter Laviolette's attack.
"It's something you have to ...
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