The Flyers have dealt with a lot of issues throughout the first few weeks of the season, but none of them have been bigger than defense.
The defensive issues have been magnified by the loss of Shayne Gostisbehere to start the season and Philippe Myers for a few weeks. Gostisbehere is back now and Myers practiced some on Wednesday, but the Flyers shouldn’t have a completely depleted blue line just because they lost a second-pair defenseman.
Sure, Myers could’ve (and likely should’ve) been on the top pair to start, but it’s not like the Flyers lost Provorov.