A year after health issues led to the most disappointing season of his superb NHL career, Claude Giroux skated freely again and reestablished himself as one of the league’s elite players.
At age 30.
And at a new position.
There are a lot of reasons the Flyers are headed to the Stanley Cup playoffs, but at the top of the list is Giroux’s MVP-caliber season that produced 34 goals, 68 assists, and 102 points — all personal bests. A life-long NHL center, he moved to left wing this season and was involved in a staggering 40.