The Flyers had a bunch of roster holes a season ago, but first line center certainly wasn’t one of them.
That’d be the spot that Sean Couturier has held down for the past two seasons now, accumulating 152 points in 162 games since taking over the mantle with Claude Giroux heading off to the wing prior to last season. That’s nearly point-per game production, something nearly every NHL team dreams of having at 1C. Couturier has also racked up 64 goals in that span, too, expanding his game to the very point of a fully complete center in all three zones.