The NHL released their list of players named to the NHL 2023 All-Star game Thursday and to the surprise of many Flyers fans' forward Travis Konecny wasn't on the list, and Kevin Hayes was selected instead.
The media then tried to ask Flyers Head Coach John Tortorella how he felt about Konecny being snubbed, but Torts didn't give a ''sh*t'', his words, not mine.
The biggest issue is some flyers fans couldn't seem to get over is Konecny has better stats then Hayes causing many fans to feel Konecny got snubbed.
Today Konecny would comment on on Kevin Hayes's All-Star nomination saying:
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"He deserves to be there. He's been carrying a lot of the offense for most of this year and doing a lot of good things. Everyone's happy for him. He's a good guy in the locker room, he's gonna be loved when he's there too."
Hayes has had a great season regardless, and has been through a lot personally. This is an exciting moment for Big Old Hayesy!