Flyers Defense

So I just looked up stats on the Flyers defense. Here is the roster. Those above the line are injured. Also recall that yesterday, Markov was serving a 1-game suspension for 3rd man into a fight vs. Ottawa. They had Kapanen filling in the 6th defensive slot.

So think about this. They only had 2 experienced defensemen (Slaney is really an AHL defenseman who has been called up a bit through the years) vs. the Caps, and still held them to 2 goals.

Markov is back, and Ragnarsson is a possibility tomorrow night (3/9/04) vs. the Devils

A - Career Games Played

B - 2003 Game Played

C - 2003 +/-

Flyers Defense	A	B	C
Eric Desjardins	1095	45	10
Chris Therien	706	56	2
Marcus Ragnarsson	620	58	6
Dennis Seidenberg	63	5	-4
Joni Pitkanen	61	61	17
Mattias Timander	407	27	12
Danny Markov	402	66	-8
Kim Johnsson	383	68	12
John Slaney	267	3	0
Randy Jones	1	1	0
Freddy Meyer	1	1	0