Without Claude Giroux, Sean Couturier, Ivan Provorov or Ryan Ellis, it’s amazing the Philadelphia Flyers even managed to keep this game relatively close and score a goal, honestly.
The whole league is going through these issues, and I’m not giving Philly any sort of pass here. It’s more a statement about their overall talent level. Without their two best forwards and two best defensemen, the Orange and Black are dressing a whole bunch of meh.
And that’s exactly what Tuesday’s game in Anaheim looked like. And anybody hoping to get a look at Ducks’ rookie phenom Trevor Zegras was also disappointed, as he was also missing due to COVID protocols.