The Philadelphia Flyers might have played one of the most visually off-putting games of hockey as they lost 5-2 against the Winnipeg Jets Thursday night, but there was a small glimmer of hope for some excitement in the future.
For a brief 58 seconds, Rick Tocchet threw out a forward line combination that could be seen as putting all his eggs in one basket but it went beyond that. The trio was dominating possession — doing everything that Tocchet has preached all preseason long about what he wants this Flyers team to look like, and actually provided a potential line other than Noah Cates, Bobby Brink, and Tyson Foerster, that can control play.