Laughton's Comments About the Flyers Trending

"I didn't really see it coming," he said. "I wore a little bit of a letter two years ago when a couple guys went down and kind of slid in there. But yeah, I've loved playing for Torts. He's shown me a ton of respect and given me a ton of opportunity and kind of put me in that role so I tried to relish it and try and help out whenever I could. I've been through those situations, going down to the minors and coming back up, so I think it just helps when a guy does go down or things like that, to try and help them out a little bit."

"Fans are obviously upset about how it's been going and I agree with it," he said. "You see it and whatever. But you get guys like Coots and Cam back with that young core, and you have guys that can fill in, you're a better team no matter what. You have two first-line players, you have a guy like Coots who plays against top lines. So I think that step that you take is a lot bigger than I think people even realize."

"It's pretty special to me honestly, just being here for so long and having that role," he said. "I've said it before but I care about the people in this organization, all the staff and everyone like that and I booked some pretty great friendships along the way. So I want to see us do well and I'm all in here to be a part of this. It's crazy to think that being an older guy now and stuff like that, but I guess it's the way it is, time flies, and just try and take that role and take it into another step next year of being in that."