Philadelphia Flyers
What Flyers Asked Bobby Brink to Work On During Offseason
The Philadelphia Flyers are hoping that sophomore forward Bobby Brink, among their many young up-and-coming players, takes another step forward in his NHL development during the 2024-25 season.
Brink, 23, had an up-and-down rookie season in the NHL with the Flyers last year, scoring 11 goals, 12 assists, and 23 points in 57 regular season games. Brink’s play off the puck, however, was inconsistent and left something to be desired at times, causing head coach John Tortorella to scratch or bench him on occasion and even once resulted in Brink’s demotion to the AHL Lehigh Valley Phantoms.
Now that he’s gone through a full year of seasoning–mostly in the NHL–Brink has an idea of where he needs to improve to become a better player. And based on what the Flyers told him, it’s not all on the ice.
“I know where I need to get better, and we had a conversation about it,” Brink said on the Nasty Knuckles podcast. “A lot of it came back to the gym, and just being more explosive and being stronger, maybe, on pucks and that sort of thing. A lot of it was focused on the offseason. I knew it was an important offseason, still, as a younger player, there’s a lot I can improve, and we talked about that.”
The 5-foot-8 forward already possesses great hockey sense and playmaking abilities on the ice but, at his size, Brink will need to work smarter and harder than most other players in order to carve out a successful career for himself at the NHL level.
The 2023-24 season was already a good start for Brink, even with some of the bumps and bruises that inevitably came along the way. Danny Briere and the Flyers recognized the potential and the growth of Brink after that, rewarding him with a two-year, $3 million bridge contract as an investment of that potential.
Briere expects Brink to make the NHL roster outright again this season, so now it’s up to the player to build on a productive start to his NHL career with the Flyers.
What Bobby must realize….he will not be a top 6 forward on this team…unless there is injuries to any of them….so he has to carve out some level of offensive creativity on the 3rd or 4th line…..but more importantly, playing defense first and not turning over the puck in his zone or neutral ice.
I do like brinks poise . I just don’t think he will be here . If this was 2012 post richards, Carter and pronger I would invite him to develop here 2012-2017.
but it’s going to be geaux time sooner than people think and he’s undersized like Johnny gaudreau . I’m not a gaudreau guy at all for playoffs , he doesn’t do well with contact . I’m glad he’s not here
I just don’t think there’s a spot for brink here . We need 2 power wings . One for 3rd line to replace Hathaway in 2 years and one for our top line .
after the Konecny contract writing is on wall for brink and Farabee to be traded
this team is close . Brink may or may not be a nhler long term. His role if he makes it wouod be a sniper in this league . I’m cheering for him. I just think he will be playing elsewhere within 2 years . I’ll always cheer for him even if he gets traded .
my outlook is he can be an nhler but won’t be on a cup team ever .