Will Philadelphia Flyers Leaders Step Up Next Year?
July 30th, 2010 by Andrew Mason Leave a reply »Chris Pronger and Mike Richards better be ready to step up next season as the team's captains, or this could be a long season.
If anyone thought the reports last season that there was a a split due to Carter having an affair with Hartnell's wife were bad, this could be worse.
On the defensive side, due to the dealings of Holmgren, you have eight NHL-ready defensemen. As a GM, not a bad problem to have.
But here is the problem:
Four of them are 31 or older. And seven of them played at least played 50 games this past season. You are going to have some hurt egos in that group when they see their playing time go down.
Players usually aren't content with even being the third pair, much less healthy scratches—particularly after last season, when they were key men for their respective teams.
Pronger and Kimmo better be stepping up here and making sure that these guys do not do anything to cause a tear in the defense between those playing and those not.
Then we go the offensive side. If Laviolette decides to keep the super line ...
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