The Flyers could consider asking Travis Konecny to waive his no-movement clause if their nightmare start continues, per a report shared by Gino Hard.
The report, credited to @ADiMarco25, says frustration is growing within the organization over the forward.
Utah has been floated as a potential trade partner if things get that far.
Konecny is currently on IR with a lower-body injury, expected to be out until at least Oct 17.
He still leads Philadelphia with 3 points, all assists, on an $8,750,000 cap hit.
Pinning this mess on him would be lazy. The Flyers have bigger problems than a winger who's been hurt and still tops the team in scoring.
Shopping your leading scorer during a losing streak is like selling the couch because the roof leaks. It changes the living room, but you're still getting wet.
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Flyers could explore a major Travis Konecny trade after disastrous start
Utah sits at 4-2-0, 11th in the league, and hosts Toronto tonight.
Nick Schmaltz has 6 goals for the Mammoth, so adding the Flyers forward would give Andre Tourigny another scoring option on an already productive group.
Clayton Keller matches Schmaltz with 8 points, while Dylan Guenther has added 3 power-play goals.
Utah isn't alone. Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, Edmonton, New Jersey, the Rangers, Dallas and Colorado have also been linked to Konecny in trade chatter.
That's a lot of suitors for a player Philadelphia is reportedly frustrated with. One of them is going to make Daniel Briere an offer worth hearing.
Would Konecny actually agree to waive, and which of those cities would he even accept?
The Flyers are 0-5-2 after Sunday's 4-1 home loss to Carolina.
They've scored just 8 goals and allowed 28.
Trevor Zegras and Matvei Michkov are both sitting at -7, so the frustration in Philadelphia runs a lot deeper than one player.
Rick Tocchet's group hosts Seattle tonight, then visits Detroit on Thursday.
Every loss pushes this closer to a real conversation. Whether Konecny wants to be part of it is the part nobody has answered yet.
Should the Flyers trade Travis Konecny if he agrees to waive?
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