It’s no secret to anyone who follows the Flyers on a regular basis, that Claude Giroux is a vital part to the teams overall success. As Giroux goes, so do the orange and black. Giroux is the engine that runs the Flyers. Even with all his overall success throughout his career statistics wise, he has a chip on his shoulder from last season, and he will tell you that the only stat that matters is raising the Stanley Cup:
“I think you learned a little bit,” Claude Giroux said, “With no preseason games, you have to make sure you are ready to go. With game shape, the only way to do that is to play games. We’ve been scrimmaging every day here. Practice as long as we can and get our legs going. Right now, it’s going pretty well, but we’ve got to keep the pace going.”
“I think the way the season ended left a bad taste in my mouth. A lot of players on the team feel like we could have went a little further last year. It’s a learning experience for us, what we did in the playoffs. Knowing what we did that worked and what we did that didn’t work. I think it’s important that we talk about those things as a team and just learn from it.”– Claude Giroux
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The fact is Giroux cares about his teammates, to include the youth. Multiple players mentioned Giroux as a person who was organizing Zoom calls, is a leader in the locker room. I mean Philippe Myers said last week he’s “Happy he is on my team” and that he is Captain of the Flyers, “He played well for us last year,” Claude Giroux said of Myers, “He played well in the playoffs. He’s growing as a player. Offensively and defensively, he’s reliable. Nisky meant a lot to this team, killing penalties, power play, playing against the best lines. I think it’s a great opportunity for the young players that we have on our team to be able to get more ice time and then get that opportunity. With Phil, off the ice and on the ice, he’s a hard working guy. He wants to learn and because of that, he is where he is right now. Sometimes for players, the best thing for them is to go back down in the American League, play a lot of minutes and learn about pro hockey. For him, you can just see the steps he took from two years ago to last year. We expect him to keep growing. He’s a fun teammate. When you have a teammate that wants to learn, he’s always fun to be around.”
Giroux really is a leader for this team. He leads on and off the ice. Giroux is so well respected throughout the locker room, and the league for that matter for a reason. He commands respect, and with that as G goes so does the Flyers. Training camp starts today and the schedule is as follows:
