Scott Laughton Reveals Awkward Admission About Flyers Revenge Game

Originally posted on Athlon Sports | By Sean Treppedi | Last updated Mar 25, 2025 3:54 PM ET

The Philadelphia Flyers moved on from Scott Laughton at the March 7 trade deadline, trading him to the Toronto Maple Leafs after having spent 12 years together.

Laughton was one of several players to pack their bags in the Flyers ongoing effort to reface the team.

On Tuesday, the Flyers will face the Maple Leafs in Toronto and Laughton will play across from his recent longtime teammates and coaches.

“I got a room pretty close to Torts,” Laughton said to Sportsnet.

“He’s next to me!” Flyers coach John Tortorella jokingly said. “I said, ‘Stay in your room. I’ll stay in mine. I don’t even want to see you.’ ”

Laughton grew up in the Toronto area, so getting traded there fulfilled a childhood dream and served as a homecoming, but leaving the Flyers behind after more than a decade was still an emotional split for the forward. Playing the Flyers for the first time will present an unfamiliar stage for Laughton.

“Yeah, it’s gonna be different,” Laughton says. “Lookin’ at the pre-scout, and I’m in some of the clips.

“I grew up in Philly. Had our baby there. It’s always going to be part of us and part of our home. Probably keep our place there and go back there throughout our adult life. So, I think it’s always going to be home for me. And, yeah, it’s emotional when you go through a big change like that.”

Tortorella, who Laughton has said "gets a bad rap" in the media, remains in great respect of his former coach.

“It’s one of the greatest things you take out of the game. When you’re done, retired, whatever it may be, or a player leaves, you always have that relationship. And Scotty and I will always have that,” Tortorella says.

“But when it’s time to play, we play.”

This article first appeared on Athlon Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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