BOSTON - Claude Giroux is channeling his inner Chris Pronger in order to get the Flyers to regroup from a painful 4-2 loss in Toronto on Thursday.
Giroux, of course, is the Flyers captain. Pronger, now retired, is one of their former captains.
"We have to do the best we can to put it behind us. We had our chances," said Giroux, who led a furious third-period onslaught in which the Flyers fired 20 shots and came close to tying the game before Toronto iced the win with an empty-net goal.
When it came to moving past a loss, "the best at it was Chris Pronger," Giroux said, recalling how the big defenseman would be sparring, good-naturedly, with the media after a defeat - and how it left an impression on him as a young player.