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Originally Posted by Philly06Cup
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Not sure why people think Holmgren is to blame.
Flyers are a surprisingly YOUNG team upfront. Giroux, Voracek, Simmonds, Schenn, Read, Couturier are 6 of their top 9. They'll be okay.
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I'm kinda in the same camp. Holmgren has successfully assembled a young, mean and strong hockey team that has been consistently difficult to play against and consistently entertaining to watch for fans.
Carter/Richards trade was necessary, I thought, based on some locker-room issues with drinking and discipline, was it not? And Pronger was the player that any NHL team would have wanted on their roster and all teams hated to play against. So, no blame on Holmgren for trying hard to keep him. If anything, the Versteeg trade was puzzling as heck to me; he is such a good player.
