Sean Couturier looked like his old self Monday night on the ice at Xfinity Mobile Arena.

He felt like it, too – better even.

"I feel better than pre-surgery, honestly," the longtime Flyers center said . "In the last couple years before the surgeries, tight back and, you know, trying to on a daily basis sometimes push through it.

"Now I'm getting up in the morning and feeling great. Don't have any problems putting my socks on."

And with his skates on, he was everywhere in the Flyers' home opening win over the Florida Panthers, their first win of both the season and the Rick Tocchet era, and perhaps an early statement that Couturier, as the captain, still has plenty more to give.

Because the 32-year-old looked like that shutdown, two-way center of old in Monday night's 5-2 victory –

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