The Philadelphia Flyers believe that their new head coach, Rick Tocchet, will help them attract key players and free agents in the coming years, but what does that look like in practice? And will any Vancouver Canucks be among them?

Rick Tocchet joins Paul Holmgren, Terry Murray, Bill Barber, John Stevens, and Craig Berube as former Flyers players to coach the team.

There has been plenty of speculation into the reasons why Rick Tocchet left the Vancouver Canucks, where he spent just two-and-a-half seasons as head coach. Did he want to be closer to family in the east? Was he burnt out by the drama of last season? Did he know something we don’t about Quinn Hughes’ future in Vancouver?