Do your job.
“Maybe it’s an overused term,’’ Flyers coach Dave Hakstol was saying after the morning skate before tonight’s home game against the Columbus Blue Jackets. “But in an oversimplified way, that’s what it is.’’
Minutes earlier, his first-line right winger, his hottest player over the last two months, tried out the left foot that was struck by a puck in Tuesday night’s game, affecting his most noticeable asset – speed. Travis Konecny showed immediate discomfort and retired to the dressing room quickly, and while Hakstol did not rule him out for tonight’s game — “game-time decision,’’ he said — he was certainly mulling how to construct his lines in case Konecny is scratched.