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Flyers "Flight Plan": Behind the Scenes Draft Video

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Larry44 said:
It's also a happy coincidence that when they are interested in D, it turns out to be one of the best drafts in years for Dmen. There were a whole bunch of guys they could have picked at 11 who would have been fine and for whom an argument of BPA was possible.

Last year everyone wanted them to pick a d, and Maatta fell to their spot, but they took Laughton instead - and that's looking like a very move as he's a dynamite prospect. But with him and Couturier, they really don't need another two-way C, so I'm glad they got th guy their very well regarded scouts picked as the consensus best player in the range.

In terms of the overall prospect pool, we can always use players at every position, but since have so many good young forwards on the team, it was nice to get both Morin and Hagg this year year to go with a couple good D prospects last year.
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Laughton has been much better than first expected, but I still wish they would have taken Maatta.
 
KJS14 said:
Laughton has been much better than first expected, but I still wish they would have taken Maatta.
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Maatta's good, but I watched some of the OHL playoffs and Laughton was better than guys like Strome on NF and his teammate Jenner, and is a year younger. He added a whole new level of speed this year, to go with his skill toughness and the innate ability to go to the net that lacrosse players seem to have. I think he could make the Flyers this year, but I would not be unhappy if he went back to the OHL and played at the WJC. Knowing London, as MemCup hosts they'll be loading up, so any good O player is a candidate to end up in green and gold this year....
 
Larry44 said:
Maatta's good, but I watched some of the OHL playoffs and Laughton was better than guys like Strome on NF and his teammate Jenner, and is a year younger. He added a whole new level of speed this year, to go with his skill toughness and the innate ability to go to the net that lacrosse players seem to have. I think he could make the Flyers this year, but I would not be unhappy if he went back to the OHL and played at the WJC. Knowing London, as MemCup hosts they'll be loading up, so any good O player is a candidate to end up in green and gold this year....
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Yeah, Laughton looks great. Apparently he's been called the best player in the OHL last year. I just wish they had taken Maatta from a need standpoint. I think Laughton has a bright future ahead of him.
 
KJS14 said:
Yeah, Laughton looks great. Apparently he's been called the best player in the OHL last year. I just wish they had taken Maatta from a need standpoint. I think Laughton has a bright future ahead of him.
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That was a quote from Ian Laperriere who was scouting the OHL and had other team's scouts or management telling him that they had the best player in the league.

I'm not sure it's 100% true but he looked like he had a gear most of the other players didn't.
 
Grant McCagg said:
Yes that is live, and 13 times is quite a few viewings. The majority of scouts do not study video, especially crossover scouts - they are more than busy enough seeing live games 5+ days per week, and they will all tell you there is no substitute for seeing the players live.
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Thanks for the posts Grant.....I am learning a thing or two about scouting. great idea to have your trusted guys as crossover scouts to mentor the other scouts and validate their opinions.
 
Larry44 said:
Maatta's good, but I watched some of the OHL playoffs and Laughton was better than guys like Strome on NF and his teammate Jenner, and is a year younger. He added a whole new level of speed this year, to go with his skill toughness and the innate ability to go to the net that lacrosse players seem to have. I think he could make the Flyers this year, but I would not be unhappy if he went back to the OHL and played at the WJC. Knowing London, as MemCup hosts they'll be loading up, so any good O player is a candidate to end up in green and gold this year....
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I loved the Laughton pick when they made it, and even more now. He came darn close to sticking with the Flyers last season, and I was puzzled by hockey Canada's decision not to even invite him to the U-20 camp last December..he was outstanding for Canada at the previous spring's U-18s.

I think the Flyers got a great pick - Maatta has some mobility and grit issues that were exposed somewhat this past season. He's a future NHLer, but Laughton is a better prospect for me at this point.
 
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do0glas said:
I did allude to that possibility in my first post. I hope they reveal more of those insights later, but i understand that they want a lot of their decision making process kept in the dark.

Im just surprised im the only one that got a chuckle out of the blank stares after his first question.
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What's that say about you then?:sarcasm:
 
Grant McCagg said:
I loved the Laughton pick when they made it, and even more now. He came darn close to sticking with the Flyers last season, and I was puzzled by hockey Canada's decision not to even invite him to the U-20 camp last December..he was outstanding for Canada at the previous spring's U-18s.

I think the Flyers got a great pick - Maatta has some mobility and grit issues that were exposed somewhat this past season. He's a future NHLer, but Laughton is a better prospect for me at this point.
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Loved the Laughton pick to. I really hope he sticks with the big club this year. The Flyers really like the "Heart and Soul" types.
 
The Flyers' brass is happy with Laughton's progress. Team Canada wants him as captain of the U-20 team this winter, but he will be given every opportunity to mkae the flyers out of camp.

BTW - the 18th guy on the Flyers' list in that video was Wennberg.
 
1 MacKinnon
2 Jones
3 Drouin
4 Nichushkin
5 Barkov
6 Monahan (Guy says it in the episode "War Room")
7 Nurse
8 Morin
9 Mueller
 
Yeah, that episode's not worth your time if you're not a Flyers fan (and probably not even if you are).
 
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