Note To Self--Do Not Talk Shit To Travis Konecny After He Just Got Done Rearranging Your Face
This current era of Flyers hockey will always be forgotten. There hasn't been a memorable moment out of this organization since they revealed Gritty as the mascot. Seriously, I hate to get off topic here so early into the blog but it needs to be said. Fuck Gritty. This franchise hasn't done a damn thing since he came around, but ownership doesn't care. They just keep shoving Gritty down our throats, and prey on forcing families to bring their small children to games to see Gritty. They'd rather sell tickets that way than build an actual hockey team. But let's get back to the main point here.
For as bad as this era of Flyers hockey has been, there has never been a player so perfectly suited to wear the Black and Orange than Travis Konecny. Like if TK was around for any other era of Flyers hockey where the team was constantly in the mix and going deep into the playoffs? He'd be an all-time Philly sports legend. He was born to be a Flyer, and everything about him embodies what it means to play Flyers hockey. He has an unbelievable amount of skill, but his favorite part of the game is making other players bleed and then laughing in their face about it.
Which is exactly what he did to Ryan Lindgren last night while the Flyers picked up a win against the Kraken. It wasn't much of an actual fight, but don't tell that to Ryan Lindgren's face.
If you're going to talk shit to Travis Konecny in the penalty box after a fight, you might want to make sure your face isn't covered in blood. That's just not a verbal altercation you're going to come out on top of.
You don't need to be much of a lip reader to get all of that. A guy like Travis Konecny has the natural, god-given ability to be the most annoying little shit you've ever come across. The type of rat bastard who you lose sleep over at night. I'm sure Ryan Lindgren laid his head down on his pillow last night in the team hotel just thinking about all the things he wished he would have said to Travis Konecny in that moment. Constantly running it back in his head about all the comebacks he could have had to shut him down. But when you're getting verbally assaulted by that little mutant in real time? Your ammunition is empty. You just have to sit there and take it while getting more and more agitated by the word.
I just pray that one day the Flyers are actually good again while Travis Konecny is still on this team. Because he'd be a hero in this city right now if the team was worth paying attention to.