2024-25: Phantoms (AHL), Reading Royals (ECHL), NCAA, Jrs., Int'l, etc.

[CerpinTaxt]

Anyone who follows the Phantoms care to comment how Hunter McDonald has played? Haven't heard/seen anything about him all year

Bout sums up McDonald as a player

 

[Kshahdoo]

Cole Knuble is 11+23 in 28 games in NCAA.

 

[VladDrag]

lmao

Toe - When TF are you changing your avatar?

 

[BigToe]

Toe - When TF are you changing your avatar?

If we win tonight I'll change it. I was holding out hope for a top 5 pick but it's probably not gonna happen now .

 

[FLYguy3911]

If we win tonight I'll change it. I was holding out hope for a top 5 pick but it's probably not gonna happen now .

We??

 

[BigToe]

We??

 

[Magua]

Ultra rare @FLYguy3911 Wow . That’s how uncomfortable this post was. Well done.

Toe - When TF are you changing your avatar?

Never. Stop putting ideas in his head and focus on your playoff beer league game.

 

[BigToe]

Never. Stop putting ideas in his head and focus on your playoff beer league game.

They pulled through with an L. There's still a chance. The avatar stays. #oneshiftatatime

 

[Cody Webster]

Penn State and Minnesota in another good battle

 

[Appleyard]

Really dont understand why Lycksell and Andrae are still down in the AHL tbh...

 

[iceman42]

Really dont understand why Lycksell and Andrae are still down in the AHL tbh...

Culture!

 

[FLYguy3911]

Brad Shaw pretty much said they don't want to be small on the blue line. Something will have to give.

 

[BringBackFletcher]

Really dont understand why Lycksell and Andrae are still down in the AHL tbh...

No one does

 

[FLYguy3911]

All of those people who convinced themselves Bonk's scoring last year was legit, sure are quiet this year.

Well under PPG in his D+2 playing on the highest scoring team in the CHL.

Top 10 pick in a re-draft according to management.

 

[BigToe]

All of those people who convinced themselves Bonk's scoring last year was legit, sure are quiet this year.

Well under PPG in his D+2 playing on the highest scoring team in the CHL.

Top 10 pick in a re-draft according to management.

Take away the non 5v5 scoring since that doesnt matter and it gets ugly.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

All of those people who convinced themselves Bonk's scoring last year was legit, sure are quiet this year.

Well under PPG in his D+2 playing on the highest scoring team in the CHL.

Top 10 pick in a re-draft according to management.

The Flyers themselves have gone kind of quiet on that front too. Same with Hunter McDonald.

In all seriousness though it seems he’s still in line probability wise with what his draft year suggested. Probably a pretty decent chance he makes the NHL but realistic upside if all goes well is probably more so a mid pairing guy.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

I do wonder what their analytical staff thinks every time their scouting department goes down the pathway of these statistical profiles that would need to be an outlier even sometimes to the extreme length to justify their sky high outlook.

 

[Appleyard]

Yep, Bonk always had #4 written all over him...

Gulyayev was the guy I would have swang on.

But was clear at the time that 2023 was not going to be a great draft for Dmen. Only 5 guys really looked like being worthy of a 1st round pick without hindsight.

Magomed Sharakanov probably ends up a top 10 Dman from that draft year... and he went undrafted aha...

 

[MacDonald4MVP]

Who needs lycksell if you trade for pelletier right?

 

[BernieParent]

I do wonder what their analytical staff thinks every time their scouting department goes down the pathway of these statistical profiles that would need to be an outlier even sometimes to the extreme length to justify their sky high outlook.

It does make sense that a franchise whose overall ethos to competing for a Cup is "You never know" would pick players who would have to exceed consensus expectations to meet what the Flyers want them to achieve.

 

[Appleyard]

I do wonder what their analytical staff thinks every time their scouting department goes down the pathway of these statistical profiles that would need to be an outlier even sometimes to the extreme length to justify their sky high outlook.

Makes you think how much of what Inge Hammarström said in terms of leaving Flyers due to philosophical difference is still embedded...

Know he is retired now and seemingly got very few high picks with either Canucks or Flyers over the last 15 years of his scouting career...

But noteworthy that 2 of the last 3 picks from his area over career were Elias Pettersson and Gustav Forsling!

 

[FLYguy3911]

Take away the non 5v5 scoring since that doesnt matter and it gets ugly.

Funny part is his ES scoring is pretty much identical to what it was last year. He just doesn't have the gimmicky bumper stats inflating his numbers like last year. And some thought he was such a gifted bumper that it could potentially work in the NHL. He couldn't even repeat it in the OHL on a super team.

 

[Larry44]

Yep, Bonk always had #4 written all over him...

Gulyayev was the guy I would have swang on.

But was clear at the time that 2023 was not going to be a great draft for Dmen. Only 5 guys really looked like being worthy of a 1st round pick without hindsight.

Magomed Sharakanov probably ends up a top 10 Dman from that draft year... and he went undrafted aha...

What about Perrault?

 

[Magua]

You’re saying we shouldn’t trust the Flyers evaluating defensemen, particularly when it comes to their offense? Say it ain’t so.

 

[Fight4yourRight]

You’re saying we shouldn’t trust the Flyers evaluating defensemen, particularly when it comes to their offense? Say it ain’t so.

I would trust the Philadelphia Flyers scouting department with my life.