Hard question. Bedard and Michkov are on the same level, but Bedard is closer to NHL. Gauthier is better than Moore, but Reichel is better than Foerster. Korchinski is better than Bonk. And Chicago have Nazar. I would rank Chicago as a better prospect pool for now. But I don`t see any real reasons for sadness for flyers fans. Flyers didn`t anything to be better next year, but many teams did. If Flyers will got top-4 pick, they will got beautiful prospect next year.
chicago for sure has the edge dont me wrong im not a crazy person who thinks Philly has the top pool or is done rebuilding, but some fans were screaming to trade TK and tippett and everyone that showed any kind of promise while their value was up, so its nice we have both a strong pool and some strong young roster guys
Yeah I would save Tippet for now. He is pretty young and will bring only late first round picks at best. Konecny is two years older. He is 26 and has two years under cheap deal. Its more interesting, he can bring very interesting compensation from a trade or Flyers can sign him when he will be 28 yo. Young players should play with someone who can play. In Tippett case - he isn§t good line driver, but he is good complimentary player. If he will sign reasonable deal, Flyers can save him, I believe he will make some good work for your future top-6 center. Again, if he will continue to score and will ask more than 5.5-6.5, than flyers can trade him for a good compensation - a lot of teams will pay for 25-30 goal scorer with 1.5mil under the cap on the deadline. May be flyers should think about trading one of them. Both? I don§t think it§s a good idea.
TK probably has the most value in a trade, and Tippett would probably get a nice package back at the deadline but Id rather keep them. Tippett doesnt drive play but can score from distance and hes not afraid to go to the dirty areas, his takeaway/giveaway ratio is solid too, hes not a liability carrying the puck and he can break up plays when he has the chance, so even if he's not a defensive forward as much as Torts likes hes a good transition guy. I dont see him as a first line guy, but on the 2nd line he can probably still score around 30 a year and he skates like a demon. i wouldnt want to trade either of them.
I definitely hope you’re right and there’s a chance this happens! I agree most of the teams 1-6 in last years draft will be better than they were last season, but I still think they won’t be as “good” as we were last year.
columbus is going to be interesting, theyve made some huge adds on defense and fantili is going to adjust real fast to the NHL, i think chicago and montreal, maybe arizona have all improvedenough but columbus has babcock which is basically torts if he talked slower so they stand out as a team that probably skips us
Columbus will not be a bottom 5 team and you can take that to the bank. They had a huge off-season, and their bad season was largely due to injuries
true about the injuries ya, u have a point because on paper that roster was still solid, thats another 1st round pick i wouldnt trade cutter for lol in this draft
it could be, but its more likely its not if its arizona's pick. they wont be bottom 2 this year. and i know im in the minority but i think this draft class top 3 might have 2023 hype building it up, not saying theyre not gonna be NHLers but i dont know if theyre elite, and I say the same about the defense theres some really promising guys but I dont know if this draft class has a bonfide studCould be Celebrini…
You’re right, CBJ is the one main exception, they should be substantially better and ahead of Philly in the standings
Getting one of Celebrini, Eiserman, Demidiov or Levshunov would be fantastic… It Couturier and Atkinson are mostly back to form upon their return, I’m a little worried that they, along with guys like TK and Hart might push them more into that 6-8 range again though.
Maybe the Flyers get lucky again and a future superstar falls into their lap like at the Michkov draft?
First off, your username is great. Second, if they get another super star in the next two drafts they become the most exciting young team to watch in a few years, pray for the Flyers! Tbh it's good for the league when the Flyers are interesting.
Those were years, when Fletcher tried his ass off to make a competitive team. He's not good at his job as you can see)
If the Flyers do nothing else this year except resign guys like Tippett and Frost and ship out guys like Atkinson if hes healthy at the deadline maybe get some late picks for Staal or Walker, Flyers should be able to finish bottom 5 without making any major moves. Then next season theres probably 5 or 6 rosters spots open including if Gauthier signs, and if all they do is plug those holes with prospects already in the system then 2025 we should finish at the very bottom just by lack of experience. As long as Danny doesnt jump the gun and start signing outside players to longer term deals we should be okay, its not unrealistic to think we can add a top 6 forward and possibly a future top pair D, the defense in this draft are deep enough we should be able to find a couple guys who can play top 4 or top 2 in the future, even if we finish outside the bottom 5, people will probably hype up the offensive guys like Hutson and Parekh and we can probably walk away with Sam Dickinson or Adam Jiricek
I’m not suggesting AZ gets Philly’s pick.
- if the flyers have both picks it’s two kicks at the can.
