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Sean Couturier logical choice for Flyers captain, and proof of locker room's newfound strength

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Charlie O'Connor
February 15, 2024
Sean Couturier in action for the Philadelphia Flyers
Dec 16, 2023; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Philadelphia Flyers center Sean Couturier (14) against the Detroit Red Wings at Wells Fargo Center. Mandatory Credit: Eric Hartline-USA TODAY Sports

When news broke on Wednesday night that Sean Couturier had been named the Philadelphia Flyers' new captain, two stories from the team's locker room came to my mind immediately.
First, I thought of Travis Konecny's anecdote from the team's trip to Arizona in early December. Told of Couturier's postgame comment about Konecny's newfound maturity as a person and player, Konecny chuckled about how even to this day, he still finds himself the target of a Couturier "look" on the bench that tells him that he freelanced just a bit too much on a given shift.
Then, I remembered a tale from Egor Zamula just a few days earlier, when the 23-year Russian recounted that after he had taken puck-over-the-gla...

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