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Flyers brass wants more from Lecavalier next season

New York Rangers v Philadelphia Flyers - Game Four

skates against the Philadelphia Flyers in Game Four of the First Round of the 2014 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at the Wells Fargo Center on April 25, 2014 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Flyers defeated the Rangers 2-1.

Bruce Bennett

It was a trying first season in Philadelphia for Vincent Lecavalier.

He missed 13 games with injury and went through the motions of adapting to a new team. While he finished the season with 20 goals, Flyers GM Paul Holmgren and owner Ed Snider both expressed hope he’ll pick things up next season as Tim Panaccio of CSNPhilly.com shares.

He’s a good hockey player,” Snider said. “He got 20 goals with all the problems ... he had a problem this year, but it’s got to be solved by next year.”

Holmgren said he was “disappointed” for, not in, Lecavalier for how things went this season and said, “a lot of things went against him.”

The Flyers signed Lecavalier to a five-year, $22.5 million deal last summer after the former Tampa Bay Lightning captain was bought out by the team.

At 34 years old, Lecavalier’s best seasons are likely behind him and if there’s something for the Flyers to be nervous about, it’s his health. The last time he played a full season was 2009-10. If his health can get settled down, perhaps he can have a stronger season in 2014-15.

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