Maybe the Flyers were destined for some lumps. After all, the organization isn't touting itself as a contender. It hasn't publicly set the playoffs as an expectation. It had another future-centric offseason and was tied for the third-youngest roster in the NHL to open the 2024-25 season.

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John Tortorella knows no one has predicted Philadelphia to win it all this season, but he still expects more from the Flyers, who've started the campaign 1-5-1."We're young, we're rebuilding, we are gonna take some gut punches,

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Another game, another loss for the Flyers. After beginning the season out West, the Flyers returned home on Tuesday to the unfriendly confines of the Wells Fargo Center. Two straight losses — with just one goal scored for the hometown team — have put the Flyers at the bottom of the Eastern Conference and among the basement dwellers of the NHL.

The Philadelphia Flyers have been relatively successful this season considering where they were expected to be in the first official season of their rebuild.