Claude Giroux and Connor McDavid have something in common
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Wilson SalaunFebruary 10, 2022 (6:55 PM)
894 points in 986 games with the Flyers. This is the statsheet that pops up when you are looking at Claude Giroux's HockeyDB profile. Since the 2012-13 season, the Flyers captain recorded 651 points in 701 games.
Despite his All-Star performances year after year, the organisation never provided him a team that could content for a Stanley Cup each season. In the last 10 years, the Flyers only made the playoffs 4 times.
So where's the comparison with Connor McDavid? Well, there it is.
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That pretty much sums it up. McDavid never had enough stability around him in order to take his team deep in the playoffs. It's the same thing for Claude Giroux.
Too many people criticized him in the last decade but different GMs never helped him. How can you expect to go far in the playoffs when you had four head coaches in the last 9 years?
I hope that he'll have a real shot at the Stanley Cup this spring. At 34 years old, it could be his last one...
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