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Too Comfortable In Philadelphia
by Paul on 12/21/09 at 08:56 AM ET
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from Frank Seravalli of the Philadelphia Daily News,
Holmgren was desperate on Dec. 4, just 17 days ago, when he impetuously fired coach John Stevens after losing six games in 17 days. Where was the desperation this week? The Flyers have won just three times in 16 games.
This team needs a shakeup. The players are waiting for it. With that vote of confidence, the Flyers had as much jump on Saturday - against a team with an almost identical record in the Rangers - as a car battery left in the snow.
Knowing that all of their buddies were still in the lineup, the Flyers should have played to prove Holmgren right.
“I would have thought we would’ve ripped the hinges off the gate tonight to get out on the ice,” coach Peter Laviolette said after Saturday’s 2-1 loss to the Rangers. “I can’t think of one reason why we would come out flat, but we did.”
Instead, not making a move allows these players to rest comfortably over the holidays.
We know who isn’t leaving: Simon Gagne, Danny Briere, Mike Richards, Scott Hartnell, Kimmo Timonen and Chris Pronger. All of those players have some sort of no-trade or no-movement clause in their contracts.
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