Foerster, 22, was not one of the three finalists for the Calder Trophy, but he earned a spot among the top rising stars in the NHL in his first full season.
In mid- to late February, John Tortorella would look up and down his bench for one particular player. But he wasn’t there.
But the then-21-year-old didn’t suit up for the season opener against the Columbus Blue Jackets and questions started to swirl on whether playing big minutes in Lehigh Valley would better suit him than watching from the press box. However, the questions didn’t have time to percolate; Foerster made his season debut in Game 2 and never looked back.
In those same 40 games, the fresh-faced kid from Alliston, Ontario, ranked third on the Flyers in takeaways and Corsi For percentage at five-on-five,. As Tortorella said in March, “A big part of our job coaching is to teach players away from the puck. He’s well beyond it right now.” It’s why the coach was always looking for him, why he had the fourth-highest total of minutes among forwards, and why he was getting more defensive zone starts off faceoffs than anywhere else on the ice. As a rookie.
“I saw a guy that loved to be on the ice all the time. I had to almost tell him to get off the ice because he was playing so much in the game, he’d stay after in practice. But he was always a guy who loved to have the puck on his stick,” Rychel said. “He’s got a different array of shots. He can sling the puck through defenders.
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