Daily News | New Flyers forward Kieffer Bellows starting to flash his ‘offensive instincts’ with key players out
, the latest to forwards Travis Konecny and Scott Laughton, Tortorella has called on Bellows to check back into the lineup. This time around, Bellows isn’t just a body filling a spot on the roster. He’s made a positive offensive impact in his last two games against the Calgary Flames and the Washington Capitals, generating scoring chances for himself and his fellow linemates on the Flyers fourth line, winger Nick Deslauriers and center Lukáš Sedlák.
Tortorella is taking notice, too. He was hesitant to evaluate Bellows after his first handful of games as a Flyer, but now Tortorella said he is starting to see his offensive potential. According to the Flyers’ stat tracking, Tortorella said Bellows led the team in scoring chances against the Capitals.credits Bellows with seven scoring chances, three of them considered high-danger.
“Watching the last two games, he has shown me that he does have some offensive instincts where I haven’t seen it in the prior games,” Tortorella said. “So great lesson for us in where you don’t want to make such a quick judgment on a guy that you really don’t know.”Bellows was the Islanders’ 19th overall pick in the 2016 draft and spent roughly four seasons trying to carve out a role for himself in the NHL.
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