Flyers say they need more leadership

Sam Carchidi, Inquirer Staff Writer

During the season, the Flyers downplayed the loss of Kimmo Timonen, but right winger Jake Voracek conceded Monday that the defenseman's absence left a huge void.

"Kimmo was such a big presence in the locker room, leadership-wise," Voracek said as the Flyers packed up their belongings at their Voorhees practice facility. "Ever since I've been here, every time things didn't go well, we had a meeting about it. He always calmed things down. He would be hard on us as well sometimes, because as a team, we needed to get better. I think that's what we were missing."

Timonen was sidelined by blood clots before he was traded to Chicago in February.

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