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Jobs of Flyers GM Holmgren, coach Laviolette not in jeopardy

Peter Laviolette, Paul Holmgren

Philadelphia Flyers general manager Paul Holmgren, right, listens to head coach Peter Laviolette speaks during a hockey news conference on Thursday, May 27, 2010, in Chicago. The Flyers play the Chicago Blackhawks in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup finals on Saturday, May 29 in Chicago. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

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The Philadelphia Flyers are a third of the way through their 2013 schedule and have a dismal 6-9-1 record. They have shown no recent signs of turning a corner and they’re coming off of a particularly discouraging 4-1 defeat on Saturday.

At this point, are GM Paul Holmgren or head coach Peter Laviolette’s jobs in jeopardy?

“Absolutely not,” said the president of the Flyers’ parent company, Comcast-Spectacor Peter Luukko, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer.

“We just need to be patient, and to even think the general manager or coach are in trouble [is false]. It’s not an issue.”

The Flyers do still have time to turn this around, but team captain Claude Giroux suggested that they’re going to need to look inward for answers.

“We gotta play 60 minutes and compete,” Giroux said after Saturday’s loss to Montreal. “We’ve got guys in there that care. It’s unacceptable the way we played tonight. It’s not just one or two or three guys. It’s the whole team. … We’ve gotta be ready for those games.

“Just no compete. We’re not competing. We’re not winning battles. We’re just going through the motions.”

Philadelphia is 1-3-0 on its current road trip and will continue it on Monday against the New York Islanders before wrapping it up Wednesday versus the Pittsburgh Penguins. After that, the Flyers will return home, where they’ve been 4-1-1 this season.