Unlike other prospects on our 25 Under 25 list so far, forward Mike Vecchione has seen NHL action with the Flyers. He saw action in two late-season games with the orange and black this past season. Vecchione finished up his fourth and final season with the Union Flying Dutchmen this past March, and on March…
After debuting at No. 18 on these rankings last go-around (and slipping to 19 at the midterm), Pascal Laberge was primed for a big 2016-17 season after being drafted 36th overall in the 2016 NHL Draft. If there are constants in hockey (and life), is that there are just folks who just want to watch…
It’s easy for NHL prospects playing in European leagues to slide a bit under the radar, particularly when they come without a high-round draft pedigree. Sure, everyone follows the status of a German Rubtsov very closely, but a mid-round pick putting up statistics that don’t jump off the page but are perfectly fine after accounting…
“But where are the goals going to come from?” It’s a question we’ve been asking here in Flyerland for a long time. Since the Jeff Carter trade back in 2011, the closest the Flyers have had to a guy who was a real, established threat as a goal-scorer first and foremost is Wayne Simmonds. And…
At one point, Taylor Leier was one of the higher-regarded prospects in the Flyers’ system. Since Ron Hextall took over as general manager, the prospect pool of forwards has filled up, pushing Leier down the depth chart. Drafted in the fourth round of the 2012 NHL Entry Draft, Leier has spent the majority of his…
How do you follow up a 2016-17 campaign where you put up a .918 SV% and win CHL Goaltender of the Year honors? Well, you put up a ridiculous .927 SV% and win WHL Goaltender of the Year for the second season in a row. It was the only logical conclusion for Carter Hart, if…
A few years ago we might be having a different discussion about Felix Sandstrom and his expectations going forward. When he debuted on this 25 Under 25 series back in 2015, his competition in the Flyers’ system basically came down to Anthony Stolarz and Merrick Madsen. The former was struggling in his first year in…
If you’ve been following along in our 25 Under 25 series so far, you might be at the point where you can guess all of the remaining 16 names that will be featured in our countdown. This comes as a contrast to the first two weeks or so of this series, during which time there’s…
It’s been a long climb back to the top for Oskar Lindblom. In the fall of 2013, Lindblom wasn’t merely viewed as a good prospect; most scouts were talking him up as a likely first-round selection in the coming year’s NHL draft. He had excelled in all international tournaments to that point, and brought an…
While Flyers fans have now spent the better part of this decade dreaming up what their team’s blue line may look like come 2020, as the team added five strong defensive prospects between the 2012 and 2015 drafts, it took the franchise under Ron Hextall (and Paul Holmgren before him) a bit longer to really…