
Mike Sielski: Flyers' Filppula's Chance a Cold Slap to Couturier
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Valtteri Filppula debuted in the NHL with the Detroit Red Wings in 2005, with a team that was going to imbue him with a respect for playing sound two-way hockey, no matter his instincts or inclinations. With Mike Babcock as the Red Wings' head coach, with Nicklas Lindstrom and Pavel Datsyuk and Henrik Zetterberg as the…