As of this writing, Sean Couturier is in his twelfth season in the National Hockey League all of which have been with the Philadelphia Flyers.  Couturier was the eighth overall Draft Pick in 2011 and it did not take long for the Centre to prove his worth to the team.  In his third season, Couturier finished ninth in Frank J. Selke voting and would finish eighth in voting in his fifth season.  Couturier’s game reached a new high in 2017/18 when his offensive game exploded to a 31 Goal 76 Point season, which essentially doubled anything he had done before.  He was the runner-up for the Frank J. Selke Award that season, and he equaled his Points total the following year.  In 2019/20, Couturier won his first individual accolade, the Selke, though he has yet to be in the running since.

Doug Crossman played five seasons for the Philadelphia Flyers where he was often used on the power play.  The Defenseman had better individual seasons before (with Chicago) and after (with the New York Islanders) but it was with Philadelphia where he was at his most consistent with 193 Points in 398 Games.  Crossman helped the Flyers reach two Stanley Cup Finals (1985 & 1987) and in the latter he would score 18 Points that post season.

A Philadelphia Flyer for seven full seasons and parts of two others, Braydon Coburn and his 6’ 5” frame would later be considered to be a steal for the Flyers when they traded Alexei Zhitnik to get him.  In Coburn’s first full season as a Flyer, he would have career highs of 9 Goals, 27 Assists and 36 Points.  Coburn proved to be a solid presence on the blueline for Philadelphia throughout his tenure there.

We have another member of the two Stanley Cup Championship teams from the 1970’s in Ross Lonsberry who was a perfect fit for the tough and rumble team that the Philadelphia Flyers were becoming.  Lonsberry was a good two way player and he would have three 50 Point seasons for Philadelphia with 314 overall.