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Originally Posted by mja
The inconsistency is simply unexplainable.
It certainly isn't because of the play of the bottom 6, as they've been the most consistent players on the team outside of Pronger.
Hartnell having an awful year messes up the jams quite a bit, suddenly the Flyers have a hodge-podge second line of two great individual but very streaky scorers and a black hole where Scott Hartnell is supposed to be.
If Hartnell scores 30 this year like he did last year, and helps set up Briere & Carter more, this team would have been in MUCH better shape.
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It's still unreasonable to consider him the root of the team's biggest problem. He's effecting only his linemates at any given time, not the whole team, let alone for all 60 minutes.