The Flyers are making no excuses and are not pointing fingers for their recent play. This really is the New Orange Era

An adamant John Tortorella was short, and obviously mad following the loss to the Calgary Flames last night on New Years Eve. With the loss the Flyers moved to 10-8-4 on New Year’s Eve games throughout their founding. Tortorella had a right to be upset, the Flyers played lethargically throughout the majority of the game, until the last period.

Even with that, he made no excuses it would not accept travel as an excuse for the recent slide, to include the 2-1 loss in overtime to the Seattle Kraken, “Nope, not many guys going at all,” John Tortorella said on if there was anyone going last night to give the team a boost.

They looked tired and gassed, after all this was the third game in four nights, to include travel to each game. It’s a tough trip, but it’s like Tortorella said you have to dig deep with tough stretches like this. He can really find out a lot about his team with a trip as hard as this one.

“I don’t think anything went our way. The only reason we stayed in at the end was because of our Goaltender,” Rasmus Ristolainen said following the game. “We never give up. Always don’t feel like 100%, but we give all we have every single night. That’s a good sign.” This is the new identity of the Flyers, they work hard and offer no excuses after a bad game. Much different from years past, “Not an excuse,” said Sean Couturier if travel was affecting their play recently.

There is no finger pointing, there is no blaming. Each player and coach understands that there will be some bad play, that does not give a reason to finger point and blame. This is the growth and identity of a new Flyers team, the New Orange Era.

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This Young Flyers team just has to continue to dig deep during this tough stretch. They have some veterans here who have been through the rigor, and hopefully that helps the youth prevail in the end.