Many have praised John Tortorella on how he coached the Philadelphia Flyers this year as they are making a surprising run at this year's playoffs. However, right now, John Tortorella is being blasted on how he has handled overtime, not only this game but their lost in Carolina.
In tonight's game against the Rangers, Konecny, Tippett and Frost did not start nor saw ice time in overtime. Instead, Ryan Poehling, Noah Cates and Travis Sanheim all started overtime, the Flyers never touched the puck and the Rangers scored quickly. The Flyers starters for overtime are good defensively, however the Flyers are not on a penalty kill and 3v3 overtime is all about puck possession and the Rangers have a ton of talent on offense and the Flyers need to match that 3v3.
You could maybe give John Tortorella the benefit of the doubt for this game as the Flyers only had 1 shift in overtime and the Rangers almost immediately scored. However, against Carolina, the other night, the Flyers had several shifts in overtime and Owen Tippett never saw any ice time in overtime. With Tippett speed, he be almost the perfect player to utilize on 3v3 overtime.