Vigneault wrongly blames youth for bad penalty kill

Photo by Andy Marlin/NHLI via Getty ImagesThe Philadelphia Flyers’ penalty kill is horrible.

It’s no secret that when only the New Jersey Devils have a lower penalty kill percentage than you, you’re going to be allowing a lot of powerplay goals and will allow teams back into games. As of Friday morning, Philadelphia has been on the penalty kill for over 250 minutes, and that’s not enough time to really get a sense of some performance.

The old adage of an NHL defenseman’s level of ability only really becomes apparent after 3,000 minutes of ice-time is said among analyst circles for a reason. And now with less time to figure out what you look like as a shorthanded player, there are easy lay-up…