SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — The routine never changed. Claude Giroux and his wife Ryanne would find themselves talking daily in recent weeks about their options, if it made sense for the longtime captain of the Philadelphia Flyers to go to a new team, and which one would be the best fit.
The answer never changed, either.
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“It was always coming down to Florida,” Giroux said. “It’s something that just feels like it was meant to be.”
The Panthers couldn’t agree more.
After 1,000 games in Flyers orange and black, Giroux was breaking in a new cap bearing Florida red and blue on Monday.