They swapped a 23-year-old and 21-year-old defenseman. In the first four games of the season, the Flyers had rotated in two 22-year-old forwards. In fact, you’d be better off removing Frost’s name from the scenario and letting the other facts take over.
It brought the lineup saga back to the surface. On Tuesday night, Couturier returned to the lineup, and Frost was back in the press box as the extra forward. He played in the last four games, the latter two of which the team was without Sean Couturier due to injury. When the Flyers suffered another similar loss to Anaheim two weeks later, it presented the perfect opportunity to get Frost back in the lineup. He remained out for another five games beyond that.
Morgan Frost came out of the lineup ahead of the home opener. That lasted two games, when the Flyers lost 5-2 to Ottawa in the second game of the season and decided to make a lineup change. At the start of the season, the Flyers opted to keep both Tyson Foerster and Bobby Brink on the roster and rotate them into the lineup, an extension of sorts on training camp.
