Daily News | Flyers hope Joel Farabee can carry his strong finish into next season
Joel Farabee’s most exciting recent highlight was his fight against Ottawa’s Alex DeBrincat last Thursday which ended with him. But Farabee has also quietly racked up nine points over his last nine games.
On Oct. 22, as the Flyers wrapped up their first road trip of the season, Farabee burst onto the scene with a three-point game in aIt did — at first. Two games later, Farabee had a two-point game, and he continued to score a point here, a point there. It wasn’t anything to write home about, but it was something.For 26 games, through January and February, Farabee didn’t score a single goal and tallied just four assists. His playing time steadily decreased, leading to an in-game benching on Feb.
Tortorella continued to give Farabee “high marks” for working hard to come back so quickly from his surgery. However, Tortorella feels the lack of an offseason to train impacted Farabee. The coach has expressed his excitement for seeing the 6-foot, 183-pound Farabee next season, after he’s had an actual offseason to get bigger and stronger.
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