The flyers struggles range from lack of offense to a shaky defense. I'm not ready to. -- such a negative pictures -- -- us. Scott Hartnell has scored one goal in his last nine games while the armor jogger who turns forty on Wednesday. Has one goal this calendar year. Collectively and of course more than firmament. And -- cost myself a little school at Georgia there before and you told me no opinion on vehicles threw scores woman goes. Well let's not it's on me I'm not like permanent you know goal or goals to north schools most of the -- okay. There's special teams is off kilter too. In their last four games they are oh for thirteen with the extra men and that we were enough. We're in a lot on and not when you get through it -- units -- from Europeans. Hopefully Harvick came out. And to reassess some goals the team's penalty kill has allowed nine goals over the last six games. I felt that it -- more jam than guys were. Little more excited to to be out there so. Was nothing we can do about this then this past weekend but since we've been back since the all star break. Earlier breeze down off who has missed the last two games with the flu. Will be ready for Thursday's home game against the Sabres. Seems like. Start. Catching gear more rare in during the practice. It's not that often more like plus previous today's game more fun race to go. If fortress -- off came down with the flu he started four of the previous five games. Peter Laviolette is trying to get his net minder in a rip them. Both on and off the ice what is your relation him. It. Good but -- -- I should be careful because this is like a loaded question of overload a loaded this was last year with Mike Richards yeah. Right now so your relationship with as we continued to work on them and that should not be construed as a negative way. But we continue to work on it as a player on the new coach and like a lot of the guys here. It takes time to develop those relationships my relationship with bruises give -- trying to be like an odd bird compare -- sports. Collective heart called McConnell block him at a -- To. It takes them it takes all types -- make the world go around. I'm like Kimmo Timonen who pulled out his team following the Raiders game whether lock up efforts. Head coach Peter Laviolette and Paul Holmgren believes the effort is there. And to quote the general manager that effort just needs to be smarter. With the Philadelphia Flyers Lisa Hillary Comcast sports net.