Giroux will be gifted custom artwork, fans can purchase commemorative tickets, and players will wear warm-up jerseys with “Giroux” and No.
Giroux’s 1,000th career game with the Flyers could be his last in orange and black as the 34-year-old center plays out the final months of his contract.
Giroux finally gets to chase the championship that has eluded him, while the Flyers could get the draft picks and prospects needed to restock a failing roster.
“If I can be honest, I’m trying to focus on playing 1,000 games with the Flyers,” Giroux said Wednesday.
He has grown into a family man in his tenure, with a wife and two young sons.
Then just like the movie ‘Over the Top’ with Sylvester Stallone, just went and hammered him down and got in his face all over him.
• With the Flyers down 2-0 to the Chicago Blackhawks in the 2010 Stanley Cup Final, Giroux delivered in the clutch in a must-win Game 3.
• Giroux’s first career hat trick in the regular season helped the Flyers clinch a playoff berth on the final day of the 2017-18 season.
• The Flyers packed nearly 70,000 fans inside the NFL stadium across the street for a 2019 outdoor game against the Penguins.
“I think maybe it took me a little while to understand what it is to play in Philly,” Giroux said.
A first-round pick in the 2006 NHL draft, Giroux will join Hall of Famer and two-time Stanley Cup champion Bobby Clarke as the only players to reach 1,000 games entirely with the Flyers.
On Tuesday, the Colorado Avalanche, who have been linked to Giroux, made a trade to save $1.275 million in cap space and still have the picks and prospects to facilitate a deal with Philadelphia.
