Daily News | Travis Konecny and Tony DeAngelo game-time decisions for the Flyers against the Lightning
Flyers Travis Konecny is nearing a return to the lineup and will take warmups on Thursday night before the team decides if he is fit to play against the Tampa Bay Lightning.When the Flyers took the ice for morning skate on Thursday ahead of their game against the Tampa Bay Lightning, a foreign face joined them for the first time in two weeks — winger Travis Konecny.on Nov. 17. Prior to his exit, Konecny led the team with seven goals and 19 points.
, who is working his way back from surgery on his index finger . Konecny said he started using his right hand again on Wednesday and that he “feels good” overall. The key to his progress was letting the hand heal and not touching it for an extended period of time. “That was actually my choice to get off there,” DeAngelo said of his Tuesday morning skate exit. “I’m not going to try to injure myself where I’m out more than a couple of days. So maybe a little extra caution. If it was a must-win game or whatever playoff game, I definitely would have played. But it’s something I didn’t want to just go from tweaking to making it a lot worse.”
Like Konecny, DeAngelo will also take warmups before the team makes a decision on his availability for the game. While Konecny has been a key contributor to the Flyers up front this season, DeAngelo has been the same on the back end. He leads the Flyers in average ice time as a member of their top defensive pairing and both special-teams units and has collected 10 points through 22 games.On the first day of training camp,an assumption that defenseman Ryan Ellis would not play this season.
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