Prospect Info: Round 1, Pick 24: Travis Konecny, RW, Ottawa (OHL); signed ELC 7/16/15 (post #338)

[wankstifier]

what i am saying, is he doesn't generate them. he use to be able to single handedly go up the wall and create his own breakaways. Those days are gone. his skating has gone way downhill.

I trust you're not judging his skating from the goal highlights

 

[deadhead]

You gotta laugh at someone whose standard for the Flyers coach is can they fog a mirror, but demands that the Flyers best players be top three in the entire league.

Do you think Voracek has played up to his raw talent?

Couts certainly has.

 

[Magua]

@Captain Dave Poulin should see if the Konecnys need any help on the farm when Travis is away.

 

[tymed]

TK's mom is a total babe.

 

[deadhead]

You gotta laugh at someone whose standard for the Flyers coach is can they fog a mirror, but demands that the Flyers best players be top three in the entire league.

I don't "demand" anything, I just point out that Voracek is easily the most physically talented player on the Flyers (at least until Patrick grows up), but only the 3rd or 4th best forward (depending how you rank TK) and soon to be passed by Patrick.

If Voracek maxed out his physical talent he'd be easily a top ten, maybe a top five forward in the NHL.

TK is smaller, not much faster, only 20 yet was almost as productive (though not off the 1st line).
He has a lot more development ahead of him (better judgment on offense, forces passes when he should shoot and gets careless with the puck at times, better awareness on defense, and just getting stronger so his body better suits his aggressive style of play).

Voracek is what he is, you accept that and move on.

 

[pit]

@Captain Dave Poulin should see if the Konecnys need any help on the farm when Travis is away.

Port Stanley, where Konecny lives now, is where my father-in-law lives. I was just there visiting him last month. It's a small place so I'll need to keep my eyes open next time I'm down.

 

[GapToothedWonder]

TK's mom is a total babe.

Screenshots pls

 

[1865]

Sweet God. Can't believe we got both Prov and Konecny.

I still have this opinion.

 

[Striiker]

If used properly next year (top line with Giroux and Couturier and not 14 minutes per game) I wouldn’t be surprised to see him put up 25-30 goals.

He’s the PERFECT fit on that line and he’s already proven to be able to not only keep up and produce, but add a sorely needed element to that line. He’s no passenger. Having him anywhere else would be inexcusable.

Only thing that I could see hurting his scoring totals is if the 2nd PP is a train wreck again.

 

[deadhead]

If you were to move TK to the second line, you'd have to replace JVR with Lindblom to make it work, TK is a few years from driving a line, and JVR is here to score, not make plays. So that would be asking an awful lot of Patrick, whereas Voracek as a playmaker at RW and JVR at LW is a perfect balance.

Once Frost is NHL ready, TK would be a possibility on RW if you wanted a "speed" line because Frost is a playmaker, maybe Ratcliffe at LW? Eventually Farabee?

Ideally, you want TK to mature to the point where you can move him around to set up different looks and matchups, but I think he's a couple years away, right now he's better being sheltered with G & Couts than asked to be a prime mover on a line.

 

[baudib1]

Still think Konecny's future is a 40-goal scorer on another team.

 

[Rebels57]

Still think Konecny's future is a 40-goal scorer on another team.

TK isn't going anywhere. He'll be here long after Simple Hak is gone.

 

[Adtar02]

I don't "demand" anything, I just point out that Voracek is easily the most physically talented player on the Flyers (at least until Patrick grows up), but only the 3rd or 4th best forward (depending how you rank TK) and soon to be passed by Patrick.

If Voracek maxed out his physical talent he'd be easily a top ten, maybe a top five forward in the NHL.

TK is smaller, not much faster, only 20 yet was almost as productive (though not off the 1st line).
He has a lot more development ahead of him (better judgment on offense, forces passes when he should shoot and gets careless with the puck at times, better awareness on defense, and just getting stronger so his body better suits his aggressive style of play).

Voracek is what he is, you accept that and move on.

voracek is a beast please stop selling everyone short.

 

[deadhead]

voracek is a beast please stop selling everyone short.

Voracek is a skilled playmaker, and strong possessing the puck, but no one who watches the NHL on a regular basis would consider him a "beast."

Now if he wanted to be a beast, he has the physical attributes to be a dominant, physical two way forward.
But he lacks the mentalite.

 

[Curufinwe]

So far Hextall has only traded one player that he drafted, and that was a college kid who never signed an ELC.

 

[Larry44]

@Captain Dave Poulin should see if the Konecnys need any help on the farm when Travis is away.

Great profile of a great young player. He clearly gets how much work he has to put in. Kid is on the verge of stardom.

 

[Appleyard]

 

[Curufinwe]

So far Hextall has only traded one player that he drafted, and that was a college kid who never signed an ELC.

I guess that stayed true since he got fired just a few months later.

 

[deadhead]

And so far Fletcher has yet to trade a player that he or Hextall drafted.
So the streak continues.