No NHL team expects its fourth line to be an offensive juggernaut. But the Flyers have gotten only one point from its bottom unit in 27 games, and it’s safe to say coach Rick Tocchet is a little restless.
At Monday’s practice, Tocchet had to defend his decision to play the trio of Rodrigo Abols, Nic Deslauriers and Garnet Hathaway late in Sunday’s game against Colorado while trailing by a goal.
Predictably, the line didn’t do much, and the Flyers went on to drop a 3-2 decision at Xfinity Mobile Arena.
“I’m a culture guy,” Tocchet said at the Flyers Training Center in Voorhees, N.J. “You have guys (from the top three lines) dragging. Our team is a team that needs to use the bench. These guys had played eight, nine minutes. I thought a couple games ago they gave us some juice.
“Guys are

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