Even Claude Giroux’s closest friends and teammates can’t remember the shape of his chin. He’s had the red beard so long, it’s become part of the package — “a gingey kid with a gingey beard who’s still a pretty good hockey player at 34 years old,” as former teammate Ian Laperriére put it.
The Flyers logo on his chest is just as big a part of who Giroux is. Even rivals, like the Washington Capitals’ Nicklas Bäckström, recently said they can’t picture him in any other jersey.
“I think that would be hard to see,” Bäckström said.
