Broad Street Hockey · Jan 9, 2023
Can the Flyers’ power play be fixed?
Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty ImagesThe Flyers’ power play has been an issue for quite awhile, so much so that it’s almost a punishment when their opponents take a penalty. John Tortorella was brought in primarily to change a complacent culture and promote defensive structure, not to improve the power play. So it shouldn’t really come as a surprise that his appointment as head coach hasn’t really effected a unit that has impressively mediocre for years.
Over the last five seasons, this is how the Flyers’ man advantage has graded out compared to the rest of the league:
2018-19: 22nd in the league, 17.1%
2019-20: 14th in the league, 20.8%
2020-21: 19th in the league, 19.2%