Going back throughout the team’s history, no other organization has as tight of a bond to their bottom six forwards as the Philadelphia Flyers.
Peter Zezel, Ken Linseman, Dave Poulin, Sami Kapanen, all 250 enforcers in the team’s history; there is a long tradition of Flyer teams having players lower down in the lineup that can contribute in many different ways, whether it be with a scoring touch, defense and penalty kill work, or violence.
There are many different types of bottom six players, but what teams value out of their depth options has changed significantly.