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Rick Tocchet began and ended his playing career with the Philadelphia Flyers.   He spent seasons in Pittsburgh (where he won the Stanley Cup), Los Angeles, Boston, Washington, and Phoenix, but scored 508 of his 952 Points in the National Hockey League with the Flyers.  Tocchet was a bruising power forward who, despite having great individual seasons elsewhere, was synonymous with the ethos of Philadelphia.  Notably, the only season that he would finish in the top ten in Hart Trophy voting was as a Flyer (1990-91).  He was chosen for the Flyers Hall of Fame in 2021.
Philadelphia chose Joe Watson in the Expansion Draft from the Boston Bruins, and the original Flyer would become a stabilizing blueline presence from day one of the organization.  Watson would be named to two All-Star Games, and he was a large part of the team’s Stanley Cup wins in both 1974 and 1975.  Watson was inducted into the Flyers Hall of Fame in 1996.

Rod Brind'Amour played 20 seasons in the National Hockey League, nine of which were as a Philadelphia Flyer.  Brind'Amour would actually play longer with Carolina and arguably had more success there, but he had better individual statistics with Philly.

Watson played in the National Hockey League for ten seasons, all with the Philadelphia Flyers.