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Can Vinny get Giroux going?

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Vincent Lecavalier was sounding pretty happy about getting to play with Claude Giroux tonight when the goal-starved Philadelphia Flyers host the New York Rangers.

“I love it,” Lecavalier said, per CSN Philly. “[Giroux’s] a great player, a great passer. Very, very smart, quick little plays. Kind of easy to play with. It’s been going really good in practices. I’ve always played against him and he was a great player, but to be with him, you look at the way he thinks out there, he’s a very special player.”

Normally a center, Lecavalier will be on the right wing against the Rangers (his first game after missing three with a lower-body injury), while Giroux is in the middle, with Michael Raffl on the left side.

Flyers head coach Craig Berube is hopeful Lecavalier can stir Giroux, who has just three assists in eight games.

“I just think Claude, he’ll be very excited to play with a guy of Vinny’s caliber and experience that he’s had over the years, Stanley Cup champion and all those things,” Berube said. “Vinny’s a great goal-scorer, shoots the puck real well. We all know how Claude can pass the puck. So it could be a good combination.”

The Flyers (1-7-0) have scored just 11 goals in eight games.

The Rangers, meanwhile, have the worst goals-against average (4.14) in the NHL, and will have a rookie making his NHL debut in goal tonight.

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