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Obviously sucks that the devils won the lottery for the 2nd overall. But, now that it's happened, it makes it interesting. Cooley is the clear cut number 2. Devils have Hischier and Hughes down the middle. They are not going to take Cooley, meaning Arizona gets him at 3 or they trade the pick. If they pick, they will go for Slavfkovsky....Savoie, I believe, will be there at 5. But I'm not overly confident in them making the right choice. Well probably end up with the other defender jiricek.

I know he hasn't played much. But what about Ryan Ellis? Surely he must be a strong candidate. Agree that coots is the logical choice, but I share the same concerns as above. For me there are really only four candidates: Ellis Coots Hayes Laughton I said candidates, not necessarily good candidates. I can live with Ellis/Coots. I prefer Ellis though....somebody who hasn't been part of the downward spiral **** show, but is a respected veteran and professional. We've talked about this before, but he could have a Timo effect, if he can stay on the ice that is...

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/33549353/long-philadelphia-flyers-captain-claude-giroux-traded-florida-panthers-sources-say%3fplatform=amp

If it's a top ten pick, then Panthers keep it and we get 1st rnd in 2025

1rd pick in 24 is conditional?? Wow.

And possibly 2024 1st Rd pick plus 2023 2nd Rd pick. Totally unreliable source (ek).

Reading it's only Tippett??

Look at the bright side people. At least the Flyers can sign players to new contracts....RIP Chelsea. **** me, this is AMac all over again. Idiotic move.

Provorov has the required skillset. He is strong, can skate, move the puck, pass, shoot, hockey IQ. Imo all are above league average...some very very good, and others average or slightly above. In order for Provo to continuously showcase these skillsets, he needs to be consistent. Consistency leads to better decision making, which leads to higher confidence....when these things happen, everybody will talk about him as a 1A dman again. So why isn't it happening?? For me it's got nothing to do with his skillset or potential. He's got all the tools...it's his confidence and decision making. Most people need to be put in the right situations/environment in order for confidence to flourish. Whether it's a vet damn to lean on to take away some pressure, or coaching, or the (lack of) leadership, or whatever i have no idea. Mentality, mindset, confidence, decision making is everything! Some guys, like Pronger, will always be on top of these....but most human beings need to be put into the right conditions for these to flourish. And these things usually require life experience. Provo needs help here, then the rest will follow. By the way, replace Provo with konecny/sanheim/farabee/frost/Myers/Patrick and it's the same for those guys when it comes mentality/confidence.

20. We haven't had a REAL captain since Richards/Pronger Love Giroux. But he is not a leader.

I joined Nov. 7 2011, came over from philly.com aswell. You guys haven't seen much of me, but I'm actually on here pretty much everyday, and have been for ten years, reading most of the threads and post. Best insight to the Flyers on the web.

Only way to watch NHL in Denmark (guess its the same in Sweden and Norway) is to pay 445 DKR (69-70 USD) pr. month! With that though we get all NHL games, all Champions league and all premierleague plus a bunch of shows and movies. No way to only choose NHL unfortunately.

Ouch.... https://infernalaccess.substack.com/p/the-new-jersey-devils-should-not However, IF the Devils are entertaining this because they think Risto is potentially part of the long-term future of this franchise and that it’s worth giving up valuable assets to acquire, and then several million to re-sign, I ask the readership of this blog to flood the Twitter-sphere with profanity-laced pleas to Devils management to avoid making a franchise-defining mistake. Ristolainen is probably the most infamous defender in the NHL among those in the public analytics community. This isn’t because he is the worst -- he’s been hovering around replacement-level for much of his career -- but because he is the most archetypal example of an overrated defencemen in the modern game

I was just browsing this site http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/teams/dr00007439.html which lists all picks by flyers in drafts (link was given in the pinned topic about flyers website references). I noticed Eric Wellwood back in 2009, and got to think about him and how good a prospect he was. Not top end or anything like that, but man the kid had wheels and energy and we would have loved him as a flyer to this date if it wasn't for his career ending injury. I believe he would have been a great 3rd/4th liner. I think he became an assistant coach somewhere in the OHL/WHL/QMJHL. Anybody know how he has fared?

Agreed. That's why they really need to move ghost before then unfortunately. Get something back instead of losing him for nothing

Sometimes I forget these kids are... Well kids! I mean look at them. They are so young.

Sanheim will still be a RFA after his new deal expires right?

With a few days of calming down and reading up on analysis and views of the draft, I must say my position has changed from utter disappoint of not drafting Caufield to getting on board with the program now. Cam York is a very solid prospect, maybe even high end. Some had him as the 2nd best Dman of the draft (still think Broberg is ahead of York). But the game changer for me was Bobby Brink after reading a ton about him. Instead of drafting Caufield and most likely then a DMan with much much lesser upside in the 2nRd, we came away with possibly the 2nd best dman of the draft AND a sniper, much in the mould of Caufield, but better defensively. Caufield's ceiling is a little higher, but many believe Brink is a top 20 prospect, and has untapped offensive potential. Im pretty much stating the same things all of you have said here...but if I'm looking at it from an asset and risk perspective, then this was the right move...instead of getting one top prospect, we got two top prospects. I'm good with this. Looking forwards to following the progress of York and Brink in the next couple of years.

its not like york is a bad pick. Looks like he is a very good prospect. But I can't believe we passed on Caufield at 14

provorov, sanheim and TK must surely all be attractive offer sheet candidates...and with the haves terms, which apparently has a full NMC for the first three years and a partial for the remainder (12 team list), we can't afford another team to offersheet these guys

Definitely. Will be a very interesting draft tomorrow night. Anybody else starting to get worried about our rfa's not being signed yet?? They are the future and it's starting to worry me. But again don't know too much about rfa process

Just sign Connolly for 3rw and keep 11th and ghost. Consider selling high on ghost next year or the year after

True. But also thinking about it more the sens trade back to 19 and 48 actually sounds intriguing....but I'd hate it if especially podolkzin, Caulfield, broberg are still sitting there at 11. Would not like trading back on not taking a chance on kreps, dach or boldy either..... Top 15 are really really good solid prospects with a good chance of solid NHL careers. Not necessarily top end NHL potential, but definitely solid pieces. I don't see that outside top 15 ish. I'd rather keep 11 than trade back just to get a 2nd round pick back.... Do it only if they have targeted players they really want

Not a fan. There will be a very good prospect available at 11 I believe and imo the drop off of talent in the late end of the first round is significant. However, my knowledge of the prospects is based on the first round only. If the scouting staff is crazy about two prospects in the late first early 2nd, then sure go for it.

Rubtsov for me is a big question mark and I believe he is a center but can play wing. Hope Allison signs, really like his game and TK is untouchable imo. But voracek needs to go when frost becomes ready. Hope to see future top 9 wingers to be Frost, farabee, ratcliffe, lindblom, konecny, Allison... Obviously give them time and don't Patrick them.... That's why we still need giroux, jvr, Jake.... But with time Jake and jvr needs to go and then giroux when he slows down