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Rick Tocchet and Sean Couturier spoke after the Flyers’ 3-2 loss to the Avalanche on Sunday.

VOORHEES, N.J. — Rick Tocchet apparently caught some flack for using his fourth line with around five and a half minutes left in the third period Sunday and his team trailing by one goal.

The Flyers' head coach didn't find the criticism to be fair, especially when he's the one reading the bench up close late in the game.

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"It's hard to play armchair quarterback," Tocchet said Monday, a day after the Flyers' 3-2 loss to the NHL-leading Avalanche . "I've got some guys that are tired on the bench, I don't feel it's the right time. I've heard some people, 'It's better to put this guy in, this a

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