Ersson a optimistic, key defenseman banged up in Flyers' preseason loss

Ersson a positive, key defenseman banged up in Flyers’ preseason loss initially appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia

The Flyers did not have journey to Boston for his or her sixth preseason recreation.

They misplaced, 4-1, Tuesday evening to the Bruins at TD Backyard and key defenseman Nick Seeler left the sport banged up.

Boston’s closing two objectives had been empty-netters. Samuel Ersson was an amazing optimistic for the Flyers, who had been outshot 34-14.

Together with Ersson, John Tortorella performed 13 guys who very effectively may very well be in his season-opening lineup subsequent Friday. The Flyers’ head coach made his method right down to the bench after evaluating the primary 5 exhibition video games from upstairs alongside administration.

The Flyers are 3-3-0 within the preseason with one recreation left.

• Seeler took a puck to the world of his knee when he broke up a play on a full-out slide with below three and a half minutes remaining within the second interval.

After taking one shift within the third interval, Seeler didn’t return to the ice, ending the sport with 12:51 minutes.

It is doable the Flyers had been working below excessive warning contemplating the preseason circumstances, however we’ll see over the subsequent few days. Seeler is arguably the Flyers’ truest defender and the team struggled last season when he went down in March.

• Ersson stored the Flyers in it from the onset. He completed with 30 saves on 32 photographs.

In two preseason begins, the soon-to-be 25-year-old has stopped 67 of 69 photographs.

He’s entering the season as a first-time No. 1 and appears prepared for opening evening in Vancouver, British Columbia.

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• With the Flyers badly needing some offensive life within the second interval, Matvei Michkov offered it.

The 19-year-old winger made a pleasant play to fireplace a shot on web and Travis Konecny flushed the rebound to attract the Flyers even at 1-1.

By way of one rookie recreation and 4 preseason video games, Michkov has put up 4 objectives and 4 assists.

Jett Luchanko, the Flyers’ 2024 first-rounder, has tapered off because the preseason video games have picked up, going scoreless over his final three outings. And that is OK. He just turned 18 years old in August and has opened eyes.

If the speedy middle does return to his OHL membership Guelph (and that appears seemingly), he is poised for an enormous junior season.

• Defensemen Hunter McDonald and Oliver Bonk each confirmed their younger age at occasions however hung in there Tuesday evening.

The 19-year-old Bonk will soon head back to his OHL club London. McDonald, a 22-year-old Northeastern product, is ready for his first full season of pro hockey with AHL affiliate Lehigh Valley.

“There’s some work to do,” Tortorella mentioned about McDonald at morning skate Tuesday. “He is nonetheless fairly uncooked. I feel he has to grasp slightly bit extra of the NHL recreation.

“At that place particularly, popping out of faculty and all, we must be affected person. I feel he has a shiny, shiny future. That place, I simply do not wish to force-feed it. There’s going to be some work to do and nonetheless plenty of issues he must work at.”

• The Flyers are scheduled to practice Wednesday at 11 a.m. ET and noon ET. They wrap up the exhibition slate Thursday after they host the Devils (7 p.m. ET/NBCSP).

New Jersey’s huge membership is already in Prague, Czechia for the 2024 NHL World Collection, so the Flyers will face a lineup heavy on Utica Comets from the Devils’ AHL affiliate. Tortorella may even play a youthful lineup that includes some Phantoms.

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