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The Flyers can’t score. Is it just bad luck or a bad offense? The answer will decide their season

October 23, 2024

Oct 22, 2024; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Philadelphia Flyers right wing Travis Konecny (11) stands oil the ice after loss to Washington Capitals at Wells Fargo Center. Mandatory Credit: Eric Hartline-Imagn Images

PHILADELPHIA -- The Philadelphia Flyers players want everyone to know that they will indeed start scoring goals.
Or, at the very least, that they fully trust that the goals are going to come.
"We’re getting chances. We’re gonna convert. It’s just a question of when," goalie Sam Ersson promised.
"I mean, it’s gonna come. I’m not too worried about it," Travis Sanheim echoed.
They know why the questions are coming. That's what happens when a team scores just one goal in 120 minutes of home ice action to start a season -- and just 13 goals in six games total. The queries are fair, and everyone from captain Sean Couturier to head coach John Tortorella acknowledges as much.
But their gameplan when...

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