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As much as people downed Konecny last year, I believe that he used that negativity to better himself this year and really help out the team. Travis’ teammates speak very highly of him:
“TK is an unbelievable player. He’s an all-star player in this league. He’s arguably our best player, and last year – stats aren’t always a big picture. I’m sure he thinks about it, it’s written about, it’s talked about. I don’t think he’s done anything too drastic to change. I think his energy’s always there; he’s always kind of a rat, and when he scores goals and he’s being himself it just adds to his fuel, and it makes him look that much better. He knows he’s a great player, everyone in this league knows he’s a really good player. It’s great that he’s off to a hot start and hopefully it keeps going.” – Kevin Hayes
I think most of us can agree with Kevin that Travis is an All-Star player when he is playing with confidence. As the season wears on, everyone is excited to see more of TK, “I just like his energy,” John Tortorella says. “We kind of switched up the PK pairs tonight trying to get him more time. He has had a really good camp. He is just one of those players that you are looking to put in all situations. He just has so much pride in his game, you can’t help but look at that.”
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Torts continued to rave about Travis Konecny, “He had a great camp. He is an important guy, especially with some of the injuries we have here. He has taken on a lot of the ice time where maybe Cam takes some of that and Coots. He has been good.”
Konecny is off to a great start to the season, and has me career high in goals with 27. It’s very unfortunate he will not be in the lineup tonight, per Flyers’General Manager Chuck Fletcher. In fact the news may get worse, as it does not sound promising that he has to be evaluated by the Flyers medical staff when they return back to Philadelphia tomorrow.
The injuries just continue to pile up once again for the Flyers this season: Sean Couturier, Ryan Ellis, Cam Atkinson, and Tanner Laczynski are out with injuries or season ending injuries. Make no mistake about this the Flyers have a tall task tonight while missing their best play driving forward in Konecny.
