Sending a message to his team for last night’s contest against the New York Islanders, Flyers’ head coach Alain Vigneault decided to sit one of the team’s best forwards in Travis Konecny. It was a bold move to make, but a move that was likely necessary given the Flyers’ languid and frustrating nature to which they were somehow winning games over the past week. In fact, Konecny hadn’t been playing like his usual self. In the last three games, Konecny only mustered one shot on goal at 5-on-5, despite his statistical profile of shooting in 2020-21 ranking him at a 13.
Analyzing Sam Morin’s debut as a forward
