Date Published: 11-28-2022
Photo Credit: Zack Hill
It’s hard to find some positives with this club right now, as the Flyers are in the midst of yet another 10 game losing streak. This is the third 10 game losing streak in less than one calendar year for the orange and black.
With the bad, there is some good, however. John Tortorella continued to put his stamp on the roster. The one big move the Flyers completed was they claimed a versatile winger in Lukáš Sedlák off of waivers from the Colorado Avalanche. Sedlák previously played for John Tortorella in 2016-17, and he is a fourth line Center/Winger.
It has become evident, as John Tortorella previously mentioned, with bringing some prospects up from Lehigh that he is still trying to figure out his roster, mainly due to Injuries. Sedlák is familiar with Torts, and might be able to get his message across in a thorough manner to the other players inside the locker room (Away from the ice).
Sedlák, 29, has resurrected his career with the Flyers. Coming from the Avalanche, where he did not muster a single point. He now has five points in 21 games played (2g,3a) with the Flyers. The 6’0, 205-pound native of Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic has never really made an imprint at the NHL level scoring wise. He’s a versatile player that can play both Center and Wing. Sedlák is a left-shot Center that set a career high with 13 points (7g,6a) in 62 games during the 2016-17 season with the Blue Jackets.
This move was a classic Torts move with acquiring Sedlák off waivers, but it has turned into a welcome move, especially with playing with Kevin Hayes last night. With the way Tortorella was talking about the roster move before the game against the Florida Panthers. He made this decision to claim Sedlák, or at the very least had a big part in such. Torts has mentioned over and over that there is uncertainty at the Center position, in particular the fourth line Center position. Sedlák, as stated above, is a versatile player that can play both Center and Wing.
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He was selected by Columbus in the sixth round of the 2011 NHL Draft, and made his NHL debut on Oct. 21, 2016 against the Chicago Blackhawks. Sedlák mustered 121 points (57g,64a) in 164 games with the KHL from 2019-2022. He decided to come back to North America, and give it another shot in the AHL/NHL. At this rate it’s a move that has paid off, at least at the moment.
Sedlák says the Flyers have to keep on plugging:
“We have to keep digging, every shift.” – Lukáš Sedlák said following the game on 11-26-2022
He plays the game hard. Sedlák plays the game like Zack MacEwen, he never stops, never gives up. For his efforts, he has been a welcomed addition to the lineup.
