Amidst the normal chaos that is a Philadelphia Flyers season, the looming presence of a future contract negotiation or a future franchise-altering trade is seeping into every result. Captain Claude Giroux is set to become an unrestricted free agent this summer for the first time in his lengthy career, and with every loss that might become more of a reality, but with every rare win, the desire to keep him around grows.
This debate will last all the way up until the Mar. 21 trade deadline and possibly beyond that into the off-season, but right now, Giroux is solely focused on what is directly in front of him.