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As much as people downed Travis 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
Unfortunately, with the good, now comes the bad. Konecny was placed on Injured Reserve (IR) by the Flyers in February. Now I do not know the extent of his injury, other than it was an Upper-Body Injury, but this was not good news as he was having a killer rebound season.
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With the bad news, there is finally some good news or new developments for Konecny. He is now off IR, just unbelievable stuff really. John Tortorella has clamored that Sean Couturier was ahead of Konecny in terms of recovery. Couturier is still on IR. With this news, Konecny will play tonight against the Buffalo Sabres, as he has been practicing and rehabbing with the club.
Extra Credit:
Sean Couturier will not play this season
Sam Ersson will backup Felix Sandström tonight
Konecny will play tonight, as will, Justin Braun
Kieffer Bellows and Tanner Laczynski out, the Flyers will go with 11F,7D
Brad Shaw will be the Head Coach again tonight, as Tortorella will be in the press box watching
