Inside Flyers’ 4-1 loss to Panthers

INSIDE SHOTS Peter Laviolette is determined to put his stamp on the Flyers and it continued Monday night when he broke up his top two defense pairings. Braydon Coburn replaced Matt Carle on the top pairing with Chris Pronger, with Carle being paired with veteran Kimmo Timonen. Laviolette moved Pronger from the right side of the ice to the left, saying he fits better into the left-wing lock he is trying to incorporate in the neutral zone. Coburn has not progressed to the level the Flyers had hoped when they acquired him from Atlanta in 2007. He has five goals, seven assists and a minus-6 rating. Although the Flyers are in their worst offensive slump of the season – they have nine goals in their last eight losses — Laviolette’s only change to the forward lines was pulling Mika Pyorala out of the lineup and replacing him with enforcer Riley Cote

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