The NHLFlyers decided Sean Couturier will not play this season. The 30-year-old center is recovering from a second back surgery, NBCSPhilly has how Couturier feels about the decision.
"I appreciate it, I understand where they're coming from," Couturier said."I just feel I'm at the same risk right now as I would be next year. For me, it's just hard seeing guys getting banged up here at the end of the year, playing through some little, nagging injuries, where I'm kind of 100 percent and I've got to watch from up top. It's kind of tough on the morale.
"I just want to be a part of this rebuild from the ground up," Couturier said."I just don't want to be the guy that's coming when everything's nice and things are going well. I want to go through the ups and downs and grow as a team and be a part of that. "I would have just loved to get the opportunity to prove myself. It's been a long ride, a lot of ups and downs. Thought I'm feeling really good and finally over the hump. I just wished I could have gotten the opportunity to just prove myself and help the team.""I want athletes that way," the head coach said."I think one of the problems going on in our group, we don't have enough athletes like that, that simply want to play.
When the Flyers open the 2023-24 regular season in October, Couturier will have gone almost 22 months without playing an NHL game.
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