Highlights Beyond Highlights- Jan. 10 vs. Montreal

Suffice it to say that Jamie Drysdale did not disappoint in his Flyers debut. No, he’s not going to be Bobby Orr every night, and there will be growth that needs to happen. But the display was enough to cause considerable optimism.

"I'm not going to jump up and down, but I am excited that we have a 21-year-old, right-handed defenseman that can skate like that," head coach John Tortorella said. "It's a perfect timing as far as where we are in our process."

That skating is on display on this backcheck, which took place as part of an end-to-end sequence where both teams were looking to strike in transition. That’s Drysdale in #9 getting back to catch Juraj Slafkovsky. That skating was on display all night long, especially in the 3v3 overtime.

Also, did anyone else miss Travis Konecny defending the two-on-one and blasting Cole Caufield in the process?

And finally, just wanted to appreciate this stretch of about 60 seconds of hockey the Flyers played with just over 12 minutes left in the second period. This is the kind of stretch that the current rebuild is meant to generate game after game against the league’s best teams. The Flyers first do everything but score; after that, Montreal is able to clear the zone a couple times but Philadelphia gets the puck right back and is right back in the Canadiens end. The pressure results in a penalty, and the Flyers tied the game on the subsequent power play.