The Philadelphia Flyers have a terrible defense—that much is certain. But Braydon Coburn is surely not part of the reason for the blue line's ineptitude.
Want the short answer to this headline's question? Yes, he is being (and has been) extremely underappreciated by Philadelphia.
I can't tell you how many times I have been at a game and heard fans complaining about Coburn or how many comments I have read here at B/R that criticize Coburn's game.
My argument is not that Coburn is an elite player or anything of the sort. He isn't an All-Star, and he certainly won't win any league-wide awards. But he is the closest thing the Flyers have to a No. 1 defenseman right now, and he's been a stalwart on the blue line for years.
We can get caught up in arguments about his playing style, physical skills and all of that, but those are completely subjective discussions that will never really have any meaningful conclusions.
So let's just get down to it and see what the numbers tell us.
The first thing to look at is just how valuable Coburn is from a durability standpoint. Before his injury this year, he had only ...
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Is Braydon Coburn Being Underappreciated by Philadelphia?
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