GDT: 2024 NHL Draft - (1st Round - 6/28 at 7PM ET and Remainder of Draft - 6/29 at 11:30AM ET)

[Juicy Pop]

I think this at least indicates that they are planning for a real rebuild though.

That at least makes me happier that they're looking farther down the road... though I do think we should have gotten something small on top for that.

 

[Strawberry Fields]

I'd like to go back to three hours ago when I thought Yakemchuk would be the worst case scenario. 20 years of fandom should've taught me otherwise.

 

[Tripod]

AGGRESSIVELY LOOKING TO TRADE UP FOR TALENT!

TRADES BACK 1ST PICK

PUNTS THE 2ND PICK

Im done with this regime already

Remember the other day we started to have hope? Lol

 

[Schwarbomb]

One of the things they kept from the Fletcher era that they love is making the team they're dealing with happy. If you fleece a team or get their balls in a vice they may not deal with you again!

 

[Strawberry Fields]

Lulz.

I want to throw his smug hobbit ass down the stairs.

 

[JojoTheWhale]

So if the Edmonton pick is 20th overall in 2025/6 you don't think that's better than the crapshoot at 32 this year?

Sweet merciful Christ, no. The 2026 20th overall pick is not in the same universe as 32 on the clock. You usually get about a round value discount per year of deferral.

 

[Beef Invictus]

I'm trying to calculate how much booze I need to drink to become giddy and enthusiastic about this round, but LD50 for alcohol at my bodyweight is only 25 ounces. That's way too little before risk of death outweighs chance to become enraptured. It isn't possible.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

I think this at least indicates that they are planning for a real rebuild though.

That at least makes me happier that they're looking farther down the road... though I do think we should have gotten something small on top for that.

I take it as they want to be able to tell the public “look we have three first round picks this year! We’re gonna be so good!”

Just a marketing tool and a sound bite they can use.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

Briere is meet the new boss same as the old boss. The flyers will never change until the whole country club mentality is nonexistent.

 

[MayonnaiseOreo]

The Oilers have McDavid and they just ditched Holland. It could pretty easily be 32.

The Michkov timer has started now. They need to amass talent now. Not in 1-2 years so that the talent can maybe hit the NHL in 7 years.

It could be but that'll be highly dependent on if they can bring back Draisaitl in 2026 and if the Nurse contract continues to be a burden. It's hard to get back to the SCF. I'm not in favor of kicking the can down the road either with Michkov coming over but getting too worked up over the 32nd pick doesn't seem worth it and it can be used as a trade piece in the future.

 

[phil162888]

The one thing with the Oilers.... they are one injury to Mcdavid from being a lottery team so interesting to see what the conditions are... Drai might not even be there for 2026 season so this may be a home run but I do agree we need some prospects up front......

 

[flyers0909]

I take it as they want to be able to tell the public “look we have three first round picks this year! We’re gonna be so good!”

Just a marketing tool and a sound it’s they can use.

Aaaaand there it is

 

[Strawberry Fields]

Edmonton-Colorado WCF is a given next year.

Then maybe we can trade one of them for Florida's first rounder in 2030.

 

[bennysflyers16]

And I was nervous about trading 14 and 32 to move up. We end up with Laughton 2.0 and a pick we will add to whatever terrible contracts we hand out. Worst night in Flyers draft in a long time.

 

[GKJ]

 

[ponder719]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1806885587216990555

 

[Chinatown88]

Misa 2025 is their game plan

 

[Beef Invictus]

It could be but that'll be highly dependent on if they can bring back Draisaitl in 2026 and if the Nurse contract continues to be a burden. It's hard to get back to the SCF. I'm not in favor of kicking the can down the road either with Michkov coming over but getting too worked up over the 32nd pick doesn't seem worth it and it can be used as a trade piece in the future.

McDavid is a Lemieux/Gretzky level player. Edmonton doesn't have to work hard to have a very good chance of going really far every year.

 

[MrGuyPerson]

Other teams take BPA. Danny reaches for a Center because they bungled Cutter Gauthier.

No team compounds their own mistakes more than the Flyers. It's why they try to extend every player they trade for (Ristolainen and Macdonald).

They didn't even have to reach. The BPA at 13 was Helenius. Guaranteed center in the NHL and in tried and true Flyers fashion they said, "No. I will go with a mediocre Canadian instead". I shouldn't bash the kid yet, but it is tough not too. I know the value they passed on in both Helenius and Buium. I feel like I was duped into following them again after they took Michkov. I thought, "Different Org, Different management". Nope. Same org. Probably the same scouts. F*** it let's all just toast to endless mediocrity and accept that is their destiny

 

[Chicken N Raffls]

Flahr prefers the 2025 and 2026 drafts.

I can see it now. "The scouts wanted 2027!"

 

[Juicy Pop]

If anything though, that gives them a lot of options to trade with next year.

edit: That's three 1sts, three 2nds and two 3rds

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

Flahr prefers the 2025 and 2026 drafts.

 

[tictactoe]

Aaaaand there it is

2025 NHL Mock Draft | NHL Draft Rounds - Lines.com

Full round 2025 NHL mock draft projections, with trades and compensatory picks based on weekly team projections and college and amateur player rankings.

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[RonHextall27]

I worked a 12 hr day, and kept myself from passing out in my chair all night just to see the pic get traded. Lol. The disappointment continues.

 

[bennysflyers16]

So we have one 2nd round pick and no 3rd ?