Reports: Flyers Coach's Job Safe Despite 'Fire Tocchet' Chants In Philly

It was an unmistakable sound coming from the denizens of Xfinity Mobile Arena on Sunday. As the Philadelphia Flyers were about put their franchise-record seven-game winless streak to start the season in the books, chants of 'Fire Tocchet' started to rain down from the stands.

With a 0-5-2 start, while being outscored a ridiculous 27-8, the Flyers find themselves in a nearly impossible situation of trying to repeat their surprising playoff appearance of last season.

Head coach Rich Tocchet would seem to be on the hot seat. But according to several insiders around hockey on Monday, his job is not in jeopardy. At least, for now. 

Fwiw Tocchet's job isn't in trouble, I'm told. Don't expect an imminent coaching change for PHI. @DailyFaceoff

— Anthony Di Marco (@ADiMarco25) October 12, 2026

Anthony Di Marco of Daily Faceoff tweeted out that "Fwiw, Tocchet's job isn't in trouble, I'm told. Don't expect an imminent coaching change for (the Flyers)."

Elliotte Friedman echoed that same refrain on the 32 Thoughts podcast. 

I also am not convinced that they're making a coaching change either. I would be surprised... I think they will try to do something to light a match underneath a group that got as far as it did last year.

Tocchet, of course, is a Flyers guy — spent parts of 11 seasons with the jersey on as a player, and did a super job taking them to the second round as head coach last season, in an unexpected playoff run. 

The team's offense is just not playoff-worthy, however, so we'll see if GM Danny Briere is able to bring in some help before they make any decisions on Tocchet. They signed UFA Michael Bunting last week, but that's not likely to move the needle a whole lot. 

Tocchet hints that he needs new troops for Flyers to improve

Per Kevin Kurz in The Athletic, the head coach questions whether he has the troops to compete the way they need to. 

“At least eight, nine times, with a guy on your back, we just can’t win that battle,” he said. “Can it get better? Yeah. It has to. Or we have to find other people. You can’t just lose those battles all the time.”

He also likens the current season-opening skid to a 2-8-3 stretch they had in January of last season. 

“Last year, same thing, January. If you make a mistake, the second guy will make a mistake,” he said. "We’re making duplicate mistakes … I think we go off the rails at certain parts of the game.”

They'll need to get back on track quickly, or the season will be completely lost in Philly.