How Owen Tippett is fitting in Rick Tocchet’s Flyers system

Oct 13, 2025; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Philadelphia Flyers right wing Owen Tippett (74) against the Florida Panthers at Wells Fargo Center. Mandatory Credit: Eric Hartline-Imagn ImagesFollowing 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…