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The Flyers season is nearing the halfway mark, so let’s begin to look at players that may be the key to success for the orange and black. First up, Travis Konecny. He’s been a ball of energy, showing the Flyers life.
With the Flyers starting out to a 19-13-5 record to begin the season, a player that really shined was Travis Konecny. Looking forward, there is no doubt that Travis is back to his old ways. He scored his first of the year in the season opener against the Columbus Blue Jackets, and then he scored his second of the night in the third period of the same game. Of course, the Flyers won that game 4-2. This was the game that everyone realized that Konecny was revitalized, he was fiesty, full of energy.
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 said last year
I think most of us can agree with Kevin that Travis is an All-Star player when he is playing with confidence. Everyone is excited to see more of TK, “I have seen him from afar play,” John Tortorella said earlier in the season. “I just like his energy. 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.”
Today, Travis Konecny was selected to represent the Flyers for the upcoming All-Star game in Toronto. What an honor, and deserving one of course.
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