Before a little over a week ago, Travis Konecny’s name, apart from the minds of the Philadelphia faithful, wasn’t that well-known across the league, even though his consistent production for the Flyers offense bumped him to a first line role alongside Claude Giroux and Sean Couturier. It wasn’t until Konecny’s most recent, highlight-reel goal that started turning heads around the hockey community, giving the kid the credit he probably deserved a lot earlier on in the year:
Now, Konecny has to be on every coach’s radar, otherwise he’ll burn you and you’ll find a puck in the back of your net.