It’s been about a year since the Flyers named John Tortorella as their head coach. While his first season wasn’t very good, everyone knew it wasn’t going to be. Still, it was a statisical improvement over the previous season. The team had to find what it was in the post-Claude Giroux Era and see which of it’s prized prospects would cut it at the NHL level.
There were moments this season that the Flyers looked amazing. There were also stretches where they couldn’t get out of their own way. Despite it all, Tortorella tried to shield his players from unjust and unfair criticism from fans and media alike, accepting a lot of the blame himself for some of the team’s failings.