VOORHEES, N.J. - With his hands in his pockets, Philadelphia Flyers chairman Ed Snider was in no mood to celebrate a Hall of Fame introduction for legendary coach Fred Shero. He looked through the glass in the press room of the team's practice facility and saw a version of his team that's far, far different than Shero's 1974 and 1975 teams that won Stanley Cups.

"The effort was pathetic," Snider said, recounting a 3-0 shutout loss Thursday night. "We were losing all the battles along the boards. We can't continue to be a team that can't score. If we can't score, we can at least win the battles along the boards."

The Flyers average a league-worst 1.47 goals a game. Their leading goal scorer, Vinny Lecavalier, has found the back of the net five times. The NHL leader, St. Louis' Alexander Steen, has 14.

"I've been in the game for 47 years. I've never seen anything like this," Snider said. "We've had teams that have struggled. Sometimes we have bad goaltending, but we're scoring four goals a game and giving up five. I've never seen a team that can't score, particularly with the talent that we have."

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The chairman was seen just outside the Flyers' locker room after Thursday's loss talking to Claude Giroux, before the captain left the arena because "I was frustrated."

"If I was the fans, I'd be booing myself, too," said Giroux, who hasn't scored in 15 games this season or the last six games of last season. "It's not acceptable. We're a better team than this. We've got to go and play the game and start winning them."

When asked if perhaps the 25-year-old was in over his head in captaincy duties, Snider said he didn't want to speculate.

"He didn't play this poorly last year," Snider said. "He did struggle for a while, but he ended up with a point a game. He didn't play this poorly when we had a top-notch power play last year. He was the captain last year, too."

Snider hears the same boos that Giroux does. He also heard the chants a week ago when fans were calling for GM Paul Holmgren's job.

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"Paul understands it as he said to the press after it happened," Snider said. "Next they'll be calling for my head and I don't blame them."

As for his meeting with Giroux, Snider implied that it wasn't negative.

"I'm not in there to chastise them or anything," Snider said. "I'm in there to try to encourage them. I've always done that. I know they're trying their hardest. They don't want to lose. They're embarrassed. I'm sure they can't stand hearing the boos. No one can. I know they want to snap out of it as bad as anybody."

"He's part of our team," Giroux added. "We're trying to figure out what's going on. It's a puzzle. We're trying to know what's going on and get everyone on the same page. He wants to win as bad as us. When we communicate and everyone gets on the same page, that's when we're gonna go back to winning games."
