General manager Ron Hextall calls Claude Giroux the ultimate competitor, but says that same desire also can get the Flyers captain in trouble.
Like it has for most of the last month.
When things are going poorly for him and the team, Giroux puts too much pressure on himself to perform, Hextall said.
"I think he's pressing too hard," the third-year general manager said before Giroux ended a 12-game goal drought by scoring the overtime winner in the Flyers' 3-2 comeback win Sunday night over the New York Islanders.
Hextall said he likes the competitiveness Giroux brings and that there are a few others around the NHL that fall into that category.