The Philadelphia Flyers are certainly their own entity. From complete failures, to always staying in the news with some sort of drama or improbable thing happening to them; this team is certainly unique. But according to Flyers head coach John Tortorella, he can look at another team and see on-ice similarities.
When Tortorella was brought in, he was supposed to lay the foundation for the next great Flyers team. No expectation of success was made, but just to provide some stable ground and identity for a team that would hopefully be perennially in the playoffs and in the hunt for the Stanley Cup.