John Tortorella said the 19-year-old Michkov’s mistakes were “repetitive” and that’s why he sat for a stretch against St. Louis.
Takeaways from Flyers’ win over Blues: ‘Teaching moment’ for Matvei Michkov, Bobby Brink battles back
“And in that teaching moment — I’m not going to tell you what it’s all about — but if we keep on seeing the same mistake and he is just totally not concentrating on a certain part of the game that’s when — and I’ve been very honest with him about that — he’s going to miss some ice. He’s going to watch the game. It’s not me, you know, screaming at him. It’s telling him, this is how it works.”
“He’s had some struggles. He doesn’t play four games in six nights over there . He doesn’t play against competition like he plays here,” Tortorella said. “So there are going to be some major struggles with this five-on-five game.
“He wants to do so well but it‘s a lot for him … He may miss games. Who knows?” Tortorella said. “I don’t know what’s going to happen, but that’s part of the development of a 19-year-old kid.”Here‘s Bobby! There is no denying Bobby Brink is an offensive player who has struggled in the defensive zone. On Thursday, he, and the rest of his teammates, lost Nathan Walker on the game-tying goal., crashed the net to notch the game-winner.
“I’m happy for Bobby Brink, he has gone through a little bit of an up and down with me as far as the defensive part of the game, but the puck follows him,” Tortorella said. “When he scores the goal, I think the play before he scores the goal is in traffic, and he just pushes it wide and goes to the net, it’s a really good offensive play.”Like using an Ouija board, the Flyers have conjured up something many thought was long buried: blocking shots. After averaging 16.
“And I think that you see one guy do it, and I think it shows no one’s good enough for it right? So I think it’s just a contagious thing that we’ve been good at and it does help us with our structure, staying in those lanes and stuff.”According to goalie Sam Ersson, “They‘re blocking the right shots too. They‘re not trying to get in front of everything. They’re knowing what shots they can leave to me.
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