With Tortorella out, all attention turns to who replaces him. Danny Brière and Co. say first and foremost, they are looking for a "teacher" to work with the team's young core.

The Flyers fired John Tortorella with nine games left in his third season as head coach, a campaign mired with on-ice regression.

Three games down in the post John Tortorella era and three wins for the Philadelphia Flyers. With the shackles coming off and an aura of relief beaming off the team, the Flyers seemingly have new life breathed into them in the trio of contests since last Thursday’s shocking coaching change.