NHL.com is providing in-depth roster, prospect and fantasy analysis for each of its 32 teams from Aug. 1-Sept. 1. Today, the Philadelphia Flyers.

Rick Tocchet understands what it's like to play winning hockey in Philadelphia from his time playing for the Flyers, including trips to the Stanley Cup Final in 1985 and 1987.

He hopes to bring that feeling back in his first season as their coach.

Tocchet was hired May 14 with the task of helping end Philadelphia's five-season Stanley Cup Playoff drought, matching the longest in team history (1989-94). He played 11 of his 18 NHL seasons for the Flyers after they chose him in the sixth round (No. 121) of the 1983 NHL Draft.

"I remember as a young guy coming over the Walt Whitman Bridge, driving in, and I'm like, I don't feel great, my legs fee

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