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A Sophomore Slump For Carter Hart?

01/06/2020 at 8:49am EST

from Sam Carchidi of the Philadelphia Inquirer,

Carter Hart seemed so unflappable, so mentally strong, in his rookie season and the first couple months of 2019-20 that it was easy to forget he was barely 21 and there would be growing pains along his path to becoming an All-Star goaltender.

The growing pains, which have escalated on the Flyers’ disastrous road trip, are real and sometimes difficult to watch.

Like the first-period goal that Brad Richardson scored Saturday in Arizona, a shot from distance that hopped past Hart and changed the complexion of the game.

Like the four first-period goals he allowed — not all of them were his fault, mind you — in the Flyers’ 5-4 loss in Vegas on Thursday.

Like his last seven road starts, which all turned into losses.

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