2022/23 Roster Thread XI: Konecny, So Hot Right Now, Konecny

[BiggE]

Hmmm... I don't think so. Nobody could ever try harder than Zack.

He's already maxed out his effort, which is why he's Torts new favorite pet.

Fair enough, replace the words Zac, Gordie and Howe with Hayes, Jean and Beliveau

 

[pooch]

We'll see if Risto can learn new tricks the next few weeks:

"He's a big body and he's willing to get involved," Tortorella said Tuesday. "I want him to understand our coverages, the way we play defense.

"I think the biggest thing is I don't want him just looking for the big hits. I think you start looking for big hits as a defenseman, you end up on the outside and that's when people start coming through you. I want the physicality, but I also want some patience and positioning in his game.

"When he does play, he's going to be revved up, I'm sure that's going to be something where we're going to have to calm him down a little bit, looking for those big hits. We'll work with him."

Is this the first time we have actually heard a coach call out his deficiencies openly and state what he needs to do better?

 

[Ghosts Beer]

We'll see if Risto can learn new tricks the next few weeks:

"He's a big body and he's willing to get involved," Tortorella said Tuesday. "I want him to understand our coverages, the way we play defense.

"I think the biggest thing is I don't want him just looking for the big hits. I think you start looking for big hits as a defenseman, you end up on the outside and that's when people start coming through you. I want the physicality, but I also want some patience and positioning in his game.

"When he does play, he's going to be revved up, I'm sure that's going to be something where we're going to have to calm him down a little bit, looking for those big hits. We'll work with him."

Yet we’ll still read ad nauseum on here that Torts will fall in love with big Risto hits that take him out of position.

 

[BiggE]

Is this the first time we have actually heard a coach call out his deficiencies openly and state what he needs to do better?

Hitchcock at times did the same, Stevens too. But not so much since.

 

[FLYguy3911]

 

[Young Sandwich]

 

[Beef Invictus]

How many generations past the Dreamcast did you Sega lads last?

How many generations has it been? That many. Sega Forever.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

 

[pooch]

The unintentional tank is going great!

 

[Beef Invictus]

Lot of setbacks.

The new trainers only matter if the staff and management listen to them.

 

[Taijuan Fedotov]

The Flyers butcher shop strikes again.

 

[snoop88]

jimmy mccrossin is rolling in his grave

 

[Beef Invictus]

Yet we’ll still read ad nauseum on here that Torts will fall in love with big Risto hits that take him out of position.

He's fallen in love with MacEwen for the illusion of tryhard play. It stands to reason something similar from another wretched player bears a similar result.

 

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

The Flyers will never hire a coach that emphasizes speed and skill until the garbage is flushed down the toilet

 

[dats81]

The Flyers will never hire a coach that emphasizes speed and skill until the garbage is flushed down the toilet

Tbh that type of coach would never sign here because of the lack of speed and skill on the current roster.
You can't make chicken salad out of chicken shit.

 

[deadhead]

Actually, this is probably the fastest team they've had in a long while.

TK, Tippett, Frost, (Atkinson)
Deslauriers is probably the slowest and he's still faster than VdV, Thompson, Bunnaman, etc.

On defense, TDA and Sanheim, Provorov is above average, no one is slow like L Schenn.

Could they use a couple more players with jets? Sure. But they're not slow anymore.
Could they use a couple more players with top scoring skills, sure, but they actually have a bunch of guys who score in the top 6 range. Just not an elite scorer, unless Farabee and TK take it up a notch.

 

[Flyerfan4life]

Zombie Ellis is biting everyone it seems...

 

[Striiker]

 

[freakydallas13]

I'm sure 28 year old Fisto still has untapped potential, and can buck over 600 games of NHL results under a few games with Torts.

He's practically a prospect still!

 

[BiggE]

2022-23
No Atkinson, nearly dead
No Couts, mostly dead
No Ellis, dead and decomposed

Welp, the top 5 pick should be a lock at least, but never forget

The above is actual footage of the Flyers (on)crack medical staff hard at work.

 

[Curufinwe]

Couturier and Atkinson managed to get worse without even getting near a practice, let alone a game.

 

[flyersnorth]

The Walking Dead.

 

[Beef Invictus]

It sounds like Atkinson had been hit with a divine affliction.

 

[BiggE]

The Walking Dead.

Are they actually able to walk?

It sounds like Atkinson had been hit with a divine affliction.

Hockeybestupiditis

f***ing automerge is the worst, you feelin me @DancingPanther ?

 

[Danko]

Couturier and Atkinson managed to get worse without even getting near a practice, let alone a game.

Has anyone in our organization heard of Physical Therapy?