Sean Couturier has played all but approximately five periods of hockey this far. He took a shot off his upper body early in a game against the Predators on Oct. 30 and missed the next game against Toronto on Nov. 1. He’s been quite good so far in his various roles, with four goals and 12 assists thus far in 25 games. And, as it has been well established, Couturier and Flyers coach Rick Tocchet are far more on the same page than Couturier and former coach John Tortorella was in the nearly three previous seasons. The only commonality both the captain and Tortorella had was they didn’t see eye-to-eye.
Rick Tocchet leaning on Sean Couturier to do everything, but he wants to stop