For the second consecutive season, Malachi Flynn found himself on the outside looking in, unable to break into coach Nick Nurse’s rotation while getting the EBUG (Emergency Backup Goalie) treatment.
Flynn made strides this season, but it took injuries from several key players before the minutes opened up for him, but unfortunately, those minutes quickly went away once the team got healthy. Despite the improvements, Flynn remained a borderline rotation player for most of the season and lost whatever minutes he could have had to the new flavour of the month.
Season Recap
Flynn’s strong summer destroying all comers at the Crawsover pro-am tournament carried over through the training camp, even earning a rare praise from coach Nurse, saying, “He was really outstanding today in practice.