Post-Game Talk: #1: FLYERS 4 vs. Blackhawks 3, Friday, Oct. 4, 2019, 2:00 pm ET [at Prague, Czech Republic]

[Larry44]

TK needs to be average on defense, and not a liability.
For him, it's a matter of focus and discipline, not effort.
I'm sure AV will ride him hard, the way he rode Hayes when he came up as a 22 hot shot rookie who had a huge senior year in college.

You’re inventing a problem that isn’t there, esp if he’s playing with defensive studs like Coots and Oskar. Konecny is far more valuable to the team doing just what he’s doing: competing like a warrior, skating top speed, spreading out the D, creating chances and driving the oppo crazy. Oh and scoring too, if that’s still important.

 

[deadhead]

You’re inventing a problem that isn’t there, esp if he’s playing with defensive studs like Coots and Oskar. Konecny is far more valuable to the team doing just what he’s doing: competing like a warrior, skating top speed, spreading out the D, creating chances and driving the oppo crazy. Oh and scoring too, if that’s still important.

There's nothing in doing those things that prevents him from being responsibly defensively.
It's just a matter of focus, knowing where you are on the ice, don't be sloppy with the puck, skating as hard getting back as you did on the attack.

In fact, TK being smarter defensively will create more opportunities for him, just look at the breakaways Hayes gets off his defense.
Get back on defense, strip the puck and you're off to the races.

Now I don't expect him to make his living in dirty areas like Lindblom, it's just a matter of maturing as a player and wanting to play a 200 foot game - and playing for AV he will learn to do that.

 

[wankstifier]

You’re inventing a problem that isn’t there, esp if he’s playing with defensive studs like Coots and Oskar. Konecny is far more valuable to the team doing just what he’s doing: competing like a warrior, skating top speed, spreading out the D, creating chances and driving the oppo crazy. Oh and scoring too, if that’s still important.

But he doesn’t have enough takeaways

 

[Larry44]

But he doesn’t have enough takeaways

Had a pretty good one yesterday.

 

[Foggy14]

TK yesterday:

- a shooting percentage of 66.67%;

- even strength CF% of 62.07;

- 4 high danger chances for and only 1 against at even strength;

- no giveaways and 2 takeaways;

- first star of the game;

- and all that with no offensive zone shift starts (5 in the D-zone).

Worked for me.

 

[renberg]

It’s starting to look like the Flyers franchise defenseman might be Sanheim not Provorov. IP needs to start showing that he’s a capable top four defenseman before he gets on to being a top pair guy. This isn’t his first year in the league and he can’t use injuries as an excuse. He needs to settle down. He’s looking to push the game in ways and times that he can’t do that. Let the game come to him.

 

[OzFlyers]

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

Lyon, Myers, & Farabee were all in Europe on Friday.

 

[Sombastate]

It's ok guys, the moment that anyone on Toronto makes a mistake, Hak will make sure TK gets benched in the third period and that will make him less of a defensive liability.

The antidote is already out there.

 

[hatcher]

It’s starting to look like the Flyers franchise defenseman might be Sanheim not Provorov. IP needs to start showing that he’s a capable top four defenseman before he gets on to being a top pair guy. This isn’t his first year in the league and he can’t use injuries as an excuse. He needs to settle down. He’s looking to push the game in ways and times that he can’t do that. Let the game come to him.

Provy looks terrible. Good start tio the season for everyone but provy,g,v

 

[Jettany]

TK yesterday:

- a shooting percentage of 66.67%;

- even strength CF% of 62.07;

- 4 high danger chances for and only 1 against at even strength;

- no giveaways and 2 takeaways;

- first star of the game;

- and all that with no offensive zone shift starts (5 in the D-zone).

Worked for me.

I thought he was phenomenal in all 3 zones yesterday.

 

[Striiker]

If he can drive play like he did yesterday, your traditional perception of of good defensive ability doesn’t apply.

Best defense is a good offense.

 

[Larry44]

TK yesterday:

- a shooting percentage of 66.67%;

- even strength CF% of 62.07;

- 4 high danger chances for and only 1 against at even strength;

- no giveaways and 2 takeaways;

- first star of the game;

- and all that with no offensive zone shift starts (5 in the D-zone).

Worked for me.

But his emails....

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

Kinda crazy they don’t play again until Wednesday. Chicago has off until Thursday.

 

[David St Hubbins]

Like others have said, it would have been more logical to have another Philly-Chicago game over there. Maybe Bratislava or somewhere nearby. That would have wiped out a trip for the Flyers and kept both teams from falling further behind in games played.

 

[Curufinwe]

Kinda crazy they don’t play again until Wednesday. Chicago has off until Thursday.

There was an article on the Athletic about what the Wolverhampton soccer team goes thru to get their players ready to play in England on Sunday after a midweek game in Europe. Flying long distance soon after playing seems like its really taxing.

This is what happens to players after a football match

 

[Flyotes]

We have 2nd most difficult schedule this season

I haven't looked it up, but it seems like this happens a lot.

 

[Rebels57]

I haven't looked it up, but it seems like this happens a lot.

It does. Nearly every year.

 

[Flyotes]

It does. Nearly every year.

It annoys me. Weirdly. I'll just be doing something else and start in.. 'why must.. this schedule.. wat..'

Seems like something they need to complain about. Unsure how that works.

 

[Rebels57]

It annoys me. Weirdly. I'll just be doing something else and start in.. 'why must.. this schedule.. wat..'

Seems like something they need to complain about. Unsure how that works.

Yeah I dont understand why the org doesnt push back on it.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

Yeah I dont understand why the org doesnt push back on it.

Didn’t @JojoTheWhale say before that they typically rack up the least amount of travel miles? That’s probably why they don’t care.

 

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

On paper it looks like a difficult schedule. Because the Metro is going to be a gauntlet this year. There are no easy games in that division.
Wouldn’t all the western Canada teams have tougher schedules due to the travel?

 

[Starat327]

On paper it looks like a difficult schedule. Because the Metro is going to be a gauntlet this year. There are no easy games in that division.
Wouldn’t all the western Canada teams have tougher schedules due to the travel?

I believe Cgy and Edmonton have the most 'miles' traveled, yes, but that should get much better with the addition of seattle, who will presumably join the Pacific (though im unsure who they plan to kick to the central in this case - the knights are geographically the closest, i believe). I think as far as divisions go though, the Central spends more time traveling as a whole, though it's been a while since I looked last.

 

[Rebels57]

Didn’t @JojoTheWhale say before that they typically rack up the least amount of travel miles? That’s probably why they don’t care.

I guess that might offset having the most back to backs and three in fours. I dunno.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

I guess that might offset having the most back to backs and three in fours. I dunno.

I mean they’re right in between the three New York area teams & Washington. They’re train trips. Even Pittsburgh, Columbus, Carolina, Boston, Buffalo, Toronto, Florida, Tampa Bay, etc. aren’t long plane trips.

They’re in a pretty good geographical location.

They also request to start out the season playing a lot of the west coast games to get them out of the way I believe. So I doubt they really view it as getting the short end of the stick.