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Flyers Myth Busters: Does Jake Voracek need to shoot more?

Let’s take a poll here. Raise your hand if you’ve ever yelled, “Shoot!” at Jakub Voracek when he gets a good look. Ok, now put them down. Now, raise your hand if you think Voracek doesn’t shoot enough. Keep them up during the length of time it takes you to read this article, because you need to look like an idiot after reading these numbers.

Back in 2011 when Jake joined the Flyers, Voracek had an immense amount of potential, and Philadelphia seemed to be the place where he was going to reach that potential. Having acquired Voracek as part of the Jeff Carter deal, the pressure was on for the Flyers to get a good return.