The Flyers have reached one of those stages in a long regular season that NHL teams often reach, so Travis Konecny had to move. Konecny, a 19-year-old rookie who played left wing throughout his first 42 games this season, lined up at right wing Thursday night with Claude Giroux at center and Michael Raffl on the left.
Slideshow Why? Simple. The Flyers had won just twice in their previous 11 games ahead of their 5-4 shootout victory over the Vancouver Canucks, which meant they had entered the Forward Line Changes Stage of their season, which is not to be confused with the Team Meeting Stage, the Make a Big Trade Stage, or, worst of all, the Fire the Head Coach Stage.