Without Couturier, Flyers face uphill battle against Capitals

Kate Frese/Flyerdelphia If dropping Game 1 to the Washington Capitals by a 2-0 score wasn’t bad enough, the Philadelphia Flyers also lost the services of second-line center Sean Couturier for the rest of the series. The Flyers lost the battle and may have lost the war all in one night.

Dan Heaning  •  15 Apr 2016
From @billmeltzer: Schenn’s Flyers Future Depends on 2015-16 Performance

  The Philadelphia Flyers ticked two major items off their 2015 offseason agenda with the re-signings of Sean Couturier (six years, $25.98 million) and Jakub Voracek (eight years, $66 million) to contract extensions that kick in for the 2016-17 season. The deals pre-empt Voracek's unrestricted free agency (UFA) eligibility next summer as well as Couturier's […]

Bill Meltzer  •  31 Jul 2015
Should the Flyers Keep Couturier and Schenn as a Tandem?

  View image | gettyimages.com During Philadelphia Flyers general manager Ron Hextall's end-of-season press conference on April, he was asked to assess the progress of fourth-year pros Sean Couturier and Brayden Schenn. In particular, Couturier's heavy usage in defensive zone starts against opposing teams' best offensive players was brought up repeatedly, as was the issue of […]

Bill Meltzer  •  28 May 2015