Charlie O'Connor does a great job covering the Flyers. From his podcast:
-Torts was the one pushing for Couturier to get the C. Torts was acting like the de facto C, but wanted a player to have one and be a vocal leader.
-Torts loves to galvanize the room. There could be the possibility that this backfires, but management is firmly behind him. Players know they can't force this coach out, at least not easily.
-He previously scratched Sanheim in Calgary, after Sanheim had bought tickets for all of his friends/family. Had loud arguments with Morgan Frost that lead to trade rumors. Since then, things have been patched up. Charlie is confident this will blow over as well.
-Charlie disagrees that Torts 'keeps his players accountable'. Torts picks his favourites. Laughton was playing terribly and never scratched or demoted. Brink and Foerster are both rookies, but only Brink gets sent down after making too many mistakes. Good insight.
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