When John Tortorella took over as head coach of the Flyers in 2022, he didn't name a captain for his new team. Claude Giroux had been traded away a few months before, and the new coach didn't rush to have a captain. The Flyers went without a captain only once in franchise history. It was when, interestingly enough, team captain Rick Tocchet had been traded to Pittsburgh for Mark Recchi. The team waited a full season before naming Kevin Dineen as captain.
So, when Tortorella took over, he put an "A" on the sweater of Scott Laughton for a year.