Following the Philadelphia Flyers’ 2-1 loss to the Ottawa Senators on Thursday night, head coach Rick Tocchet held a brief media availability where he boiled down the Flyers lack of offense to one issue: the lack of an interior game. He mentioned it three times in the two-and-a-half-minute availability, driving the point home repeatedly.
“We’ve got too many guys who are playing on the outside, and that’s why guys are struggling to score goals. The good goal-scorers, they go to the interior. We have to do it consistently” said Tocchet.
Tocchet has made it known since the summer that he wants the Flyers to improve their puck possession and offensive cycle game — something that was sorely lacking under John Tortorella’s rush-heavy style.