Last season, the Flyers’ performance in the playoffs made it easy for people to forget how close the club came to blowing a playoff spot — and it wasn’t just because of the team’s horrid December, it was also because the club staggered down the stretch with a 4-7-1 miserable record over its final 12 games. Over that span, the Flyers got shut out twice (by the Ottawa Senators and Montreal Cana

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