The first four games of the Flyers season wrapped up with a 1-2-1 record, some great work on the power play, some exciting rushes and some questionable goaltending. But one of the underlying factors from the West Coast trek that became quite apparent the longer it went was how the Flyers dealt (or didn’t deal) with some liberties taken against some of their better players.
The attempted liberties have been visible since preseason when Sean Couturier answered the bell after Matvei Michkov was tussling with the immortal Bruin Billy Sweezey, leading the captain to drop the gloves and fight.