Date Published: 11-10-2022
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The Flyers are a surprising 7-3-2 on the season, and now we begin to look at players that may be the key to success for the orange and black. First up, Travis Konecny.
With the Flyers playing well and are more competitive, a player that has really shined is Travis Konecny. There is no doubt that Travis is back to his old ways, and his Head Coach John Tortorella notices it:
“I just think he plays hard, everything about him is about energy. Probably to this point I think he’s been our most consistent player.” – John Tortorella
He scored his first goal of the year in the season opener against the New Jersey Devils, and since then has netted four more. For his efforts, he leads the team in goals (5), points (14), Power Play Points (5), and Short-Handed assists with one. Konecny is reenergized, and has emerged as somewhat of a leader in the locker room.
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 said following game two of the season. “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 has 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, good the first two games.”
