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I saw Goody Fletcher with the Devil!
- Feb 10, 2014
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He's the type of player I certainly whine about the Flyers not having.The funny part is, he is literally the type of guy every Flyer fan whines about us not having.....every year. He's talented, will hit anything, drives the net, will actually take the puck in / not AV dumps, extremely strong forechecker/backchecker, shoots on 2 on 1's. I see him as a 2nd liner and would be a more than welcome addition to this future mix (plus Destroyer IMO is our biggest wild card prospect). I've watched him a dozen times "Destroyer" - and I really can't figure out if this guy is actually awesome, or is a fluke. If he does turn out half decent, them playing together might actually be really interesting.
But there are also a lot of fans on this board who don't like north/south style players. They almost always want to go with offensive flash and sparkling skating. They dream of finding the next Datsyuk with every draft pick. Good luck with that. I'm not against skill -- I raved about Matthew Barzal pre-draft harder than anyone on this board. But I don't see any future offensive virtuosos likely to be available at 13 in this draft, that's for sure. Now, guys like MacTavish and Sillinger, for example, I think they'll score in the NHL and I also would be happy with them at 13; however, again, for a certain group of fans they don't play a dynamic, fancy enough stickhandling/skating game.