If you cant tell how much fun and better this Flyers locker room is… Flyers forming a train as Travis Konecny takes the ice for morning skate. #LetsGoFlyers
John Tortorella and Matvei Michkov are in a screaming match on the bench during the TV timeout. Michkov exited the zone and left the huge whole on the Islanders goal. Torts was giving it to him and Michkov wasnt holding back either. #LetsGoFlyers
Look who was at Nolan Smith’s draft party and the first person to welcome him to Philadelphia… his former Georgia teammate and now Eagles teammate Nakobe Dean.
Also… check out Smith’s socks. Looks like he wanted to go to Philadelphia. #FlyEaglesFly
Former Flyers 2017 2nd Overall Draft Pick Nolan Patrick was at the game tonight and was catching up with some players in the locker room. Most notably Travis Konecny, who was very close with Patrick during his time in Philadelphia. #LetsGoFlyers
Bob McKenzie noted that Nikita Grebenkin is best pals with Matvei Michkov. Also mentions he is one hell of a character, then jokingly said he may drive John Tortorella nuts. #LetsGoFlyers
Matvei Michkov spoke for about 10 minutes to the media. Extremely excited to be drafted by the Flyers. Said it is the team he wanted to go to. Did get a little choked up when talking about his father. Said it was his dads dream to play in NHL & win Stanley Cup. #FueledByPhilly
Asked Flyers Jamie Drysdale where he was when he got traded. Said some Ducks players always find a pool room in every away city. Was in middle of a game when phone rang. Everyone thought he was joking at first. Then all congratulations came. Everyone happy for him. #LetsGoFlyers
One thing not getting enough attention is how much Rodrigo Abols is helping Matvei Michkov. Abols speaks Russian & really has been a secondary coach to help him understand what Flyers want him to do. Consoled him after his benching, now working white board with him. #LetsGoFlyers
Cool moment in Flyers lock room postgame. A Flyers staff members family was touring the locker room and Matvei Michkov walked in & asked if the young kids wanted a picture. They obviously said yes. The kid just gets it and understands what he means to this fanbase. #LetsGoFlyers
Flyers HC John Tortorella just walked in locker room, went right to Sam Ersson and said…
“F*cking right Erss… F*cking right. Good job. Enjoy day off tomorrow”
There is just something about this locker room right now. This is starting to become something. #LetsGoFlyers
One thing I forgot to mention last night was the roar from Flyers management box in Minnesota. The away media sit right below them & if you dont think they want to win, that roar - a very audible “F*CK YEAH LETS F*CKING GO” from president Keith Jones - says it all. #LetsGoFlyers