swflyers28 Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 BREAKING: Hexy confirms Provorov and Konecny will be on Flyers and he believes it's for the entire season. "They earned it." From Sam Carchidi, Inquirer Flyers beat writer. 16 retweets16 likes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJ8812 Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 not very surprising Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheesesteak Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 Great to hear...exciting news. Congrats to the kids for making team, congrats to us fans who get to watch. http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/sports/flyers/Ron-Hextall-confirms-Travis-Konecny-Ivan-Provorov-will-make-Flyers-roster.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murraycraven Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 Great to hear and great that Hextall is a man of his words. Both these kids deserve to play in the NHL this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poulin20 Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 This is another step boys on the way to long term realistic contention and sustained success under the cap system. We are not there yet (not by a mile) but we are on our way! For the first time in a while I am really starting to become happy about the state of this team!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digityman Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 Having Jake and Konecny on either side, this should be the year that we see the much anticipated offensive flare out of #14. He'll get a lot more offensive zone starts. Looking at the roster on paper this team could finish 6-8th and might even have a shot at moving on to the 2nd round. Time will tell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyercanuck Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 Good for them. Both earned their spots. I'd prefer the D was a bit healthier to take some of the pressure off Provorov, but no such luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mojo1917 Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 @flyercanuck meh, He's going to play the tough minutes sooner or later. So he gets them sooner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaineFlyFan Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 You know...I think Provorov will handle the pressure just fine. Kid was playing HUGE minutes in pre-season in all situations and seems to be miles ahead in maturity and mentality than most his age. Could have something to do with leaving your entire family, culture, language, and everything behind at a very young age, to chase your dream in the USA....and then KILLING it by mastering the lanuage, and making the Flyers out of Juniors! WINNING! AND, he's Russian! Russians are either completely INSANE (see Bryz) or completely over the top dedicated to the task at hand. I think the 2nd is the case for Provorov. I'm pumped to watch him and Ghost for many years hopefully! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swflyers28 Posted October 10, 2016 Author Share Posted October 10, 2016 I feel old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howie58 Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 Yeah, this makes me feel a bit old too...but happy we are stocking up with some great young folks. Pryor and his staff are running on all cylinders. It's sad and ironic that Snider isn't around to see how a bit of patience may go a long way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OccamsRazor Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 Well it's nice that they have made the team now i hope they do away with their 60 numbers and chose new better ones. I like #9 for Provorov since that was his junior number it's available and it suits him. TK wore #17 but it's taken so #18 would look good on him too. Which ever they chose now aslong as it's not 64 and 63. Just don't like them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruxpin Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 6 hours ago, Digityman said: Having Jake and Konecny on either side, this should be the year that we see the much anticipated offensive flare out of #14. He'll get a lot more offensive zone starts. Looking at the roster on paper this team could finish 6-8th and might even have a shot at moving on to the 2nd round. Time will tell. At the very least, it's put up or shut up time on whether Couturier has NHL offense in him. Unskilled wingers certainly won't be an excuse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OccamsRazor Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 5 minutes ago, ruxpin said: At the very least, it's put up or shut up time on whether Couturier has NHL offense in him. Unskilled wingers certainly won't be an excuse. True. And it's on Hak to put him in situations to do that. When it comes to Coots i understand both sides of the arguments about him. So i am hoping he can stay healthy this year and answer some of those doubts about his skillset. He certainly will have the wingers with speed to get up the ice to get the job done. Now they just need to go out and perform to expectations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJgoal Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 New numbers: Cousins 25; Provorov 9, Konecny 11. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OccamsRazor Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 4 minutes ago, AJgoal said: New numbers: Cousins 25; Provorov 9, Konecny 11. Me likey!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OccamsRazor Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 Nice!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OccamsRazor Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 Provorov's summer workout....(Hey Robert Hagg you paying attention?)........ That is how you get in the NHL at 19! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Knut Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 22 hours ago, Digityman said: 5 minutes ago, OccamsRazor said: Provorov's summer workout....(Hey Robert Hagg you paying attention?)........ That is how you get in the NHL at 19! God, I wish I had the time to be in that kind of shape and torture myself like that. It sounds miserable and I'm incredibly envious! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Knut Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 15 hours ago, ruxpin said: At the very least, it's put up or shut up time on whether Couturier has NHL offense in him. Unskilled wingers certainly won't be an excuse. I have utterly no doubt that he has the skills. We've been watching it for a few years now. What he has not has is anyone to pass to or take a pass from. What we started to see last season was the offense figuring out how to enter the zone and create opportunities and essentially get open. As much as I love Jake and Simmer and Schenn and as not crappy as Raffl is, none of these guys have what I'd consider a soft touch or great hands. They all excel when they play hard and go straight to the net. This makes it more difficult for their centers (Giroux and Coots) to make great plays with them. Coots started to have more success by capitalizing on both himself and his line mates going straight down the gullet to the net. He made some nice passes capitalizing on the threat of doing that. It started to work. But he's made great exits and entries and has great positioning almost the whole time he's been here. What he hasn't been able to do is connect because his wingers can't get off or receive clean passes. This is what the team intrinsically lost when Jagr walked and which they never bothered to recover. Sometimes a really good coach can work through it. Berube was not that guy. Hak maybe is... but he didn't care about entering the zone until the middle to late last season. He wanted the fundamentals of the neutral zone, protecting and exiting his own zone down first. Then the transition game started to come. We saw it from almost everyone from like February on... then Jake and Coots got hurt and it got rough again. I agree that putting Konecny on his line will create more space and more opportunity. Their skill sets are decent and I love the other wingers, but they're all too similar in their strengths and that makes them easier to defend against. They needed more skill. Konex has it. Hopefully he stays healthy enough to utilize it efficiently! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Podein25 Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 19 minutes ago, King Knut said: I have utterly no doubt that he has the skills. We've been watching it for a few years now. What he has not has is anyone to pass to or take a pass from. What we started to see last season was the offense figuring out how to enter the zone and create opportunities and essentially get open. As much as I love Jake and Simmer and Schenn and as not crappy as Raffl is, none of these guys have what I'd consider a soft touch or great hands. They all excel when they play hard and go straight to the net. This makes it more difficult for their centers (Giroux and Coots) to make great plays with them. Coots started to have more success by capitalizing on both himself and his line mates going straight down the gullet to the net. He made some nice passes capitalizing on the threat of doing that. It started to work. But he's made great exits and entries and has great positioning almost the whole time he's been here. What he hasn't been able to do is connect because his wingers can't get off or receive clean passes. This is what the team intrinsically lost when Jagr walked and which they never bothered to recover. Sometimes a really good coach can work through it. Berube was not that guy. Hak maybe is... but he didn't care about entering the zone until the middle to late last season. He wanted the fundamentals of the neutral zone, protecting and exiting his own zone down first. Then the transition game started to come. We saw it from almost everyone from like February on... then Jake and Coots got hurt and it got rough again. I agree that putting Konecny on his line will create more space and more opportunity. Their skill sets are decent and I love the other wingers, but they're all too similar in their strengths and that makes them easier to defend against. They needed more skill. Konex has it. Hopefully he stays healthy enough to utilize it efficiently! So is it confirmed that TK will play the wing on Coots' line? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJgoal Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 That was the practice lineup from what I saw, Raffl in Schenns spot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samifan Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 43 minutes ago, OccamsRazor said: Nice!!! Now they just have to give Ghost a real number! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Knut Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 4 minutes ago, Podein25 said: So is it confirmed that TK will play the wing on Coots' line? I guess not officially... That's Hakstol's prerogative really, right? That could change minute by minute. But judging by the effect he had on that line in the pre-season, it's difficult to imagine they wouldn't start by trying it out, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Knut Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 3 minutes ago, AJgoal said: That was the practice lineup from what I saw, Raffl in Schenns spot. Makes sense to me. Raffl was built for the third line. It'll be interesting to see what they do to the third when Schenn's Suspension is over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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