In the second game of a five-game road trip, John Tortorella's Philadelphia Flyers (28-33-8) are in DC on Thursday evening to take on Spencer Carbery's Washington Capitals (45-15-8).

But Briere said several times in his post-firing praise-Tortorella press conference Thursday that the Flyers are a young team ...

That semblance of excitement created by his Flyers team last season until a ... who during his long NHL playing career played on some outstanding teams and some brutal ones.