The Flyers were full of surprises this season even if the end result got them right where most people predicited: out of the playoffs. While not everything went to script, many things that seemed like certainties failed to materialize, which is much different from the more recent vintages of Flyers teams. What was most interesting was predictions that were Tortorella related, who is thought of as kind of a wild card, came to pass. It seems we can count on Torts being Torts. On ice performance is tough (but fun) to predict, so variances there are to be expected.