Daily News | Flyers’ Travis Konecny set to return against the Buffalo Sabres after 16-game absence
While rehabbing from an upper-body injury sustained on Feb. 20 against the Calgary Flames, winger Travis Konecny eventually returned to team skates in mid-March. But those practices were light on the “team” and moderate on the “skate,” seeing as some of them were optional getting into the latter portion of the season.
“The priority the whole time was just making sure I felt 100%,” Konecny said. “And just like all athletes, I was obviously pushing to come back. We landed here, so it’s good.” Konecny averaged 20 minutes, three seconds of ice time prior to his injury, racking up minutes at even-strength and on special teams. Coach John Tortorella said that assistant coach Brad Shaw, who will be in command behind the bench on Saturday, will handle Konecny’s ice time depending on how he’s feeling as the night progresses.“How do you approach it with TK?” Tortorella said. “Because if you don’t put him on the ice, he’s jumping over the boards anyway. We’ll see how it goes.
“I just think it gives [the assistants] a chance to develop and see the bench at that spectrum,” Tortorella said. “I think it’s my responsibility. And I do think players need a different voice. I’m tired of hearing myself. I can imagine how they feel, so we’re going to go about it that way and and see where we go.”
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