On Monday, Brad wrote a great piece looking at and, ultimately, praising the seasons had so far by the two veteran defensemen that Chuck Fletcher brought in this past offseason, in trades that many (including, full disclosure, yours truly) believed at the time that the Flyers got the short end of. Those two guys — Matt Niskanen and Justin Braun, of course — have stabilized a top-4 that includes a pure shutdown pairing (Niskanen and Ivan Provorov) and a two-way second pair that’s performed well together and should see its luck turn a bit as time goes on (Braun and Travis Sanheim).
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