If there is one prospect in the Philadelphia Flyers’ pipeline that needs to have a bounce-back 2018-19 season, that prospect may be Felix Sandstrom. The selection of the 2015 3rd-round pick marked the beginning of general manager Ron Hextall’s foray into rebuilding the franchise’s goaltender depth, and Sandstrom has since been very impressive at times….
One step closer to the top 10 in our countdown, Western Michigan star Wade Allison comes in at number 12. Ever since Jeff Carter was traded to the Columbus Blue Jackets in the wacky, wild, franchise history changing summer of 2011, Flyers fans have begged for a pure goal scorer. Although I’m not sure if…
Our Top 25 Under 25 rolls on, and as we creep ever closer to the upper echelon of players, we now arrive at (in the opinion of one Madeline Campbell) one of the more exciting prospects: Mikhail Vorobyev. 2017-18 saw him put up am impressive rookie season with the Lehigh Valley Phantoms in the AHL,…
We continue through our 25 Under 25 rankings, and arrive at one of our more polarizing cases. German Rubtsov has had a strange and complicated go of things since entering the Flyers’ organization, and has faced more than a little bit of ire—deservedly or not—for it. Expectations remain high for the 2016 first round pick,…
When Isaac Ratcliffe was drafted with the 35th pick in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, many fans saw it as a major reach for Ron Hextall. After starting slow this season with the Guelph Storm of the OHL, Ratcliffe turned it on in the second half and posted a 41 goal season. Ratcliffe possesses a…
The 2017 NHL Entry Draft lottery was quite the historical night for your Philadelphia Flyers. With just a 2.4% chance of leap-frogging 11 teams to the second overall pick, the lottery balls fell just the right way and Nolan Patrick fell right into the organization’s lap. Patrick was considered to be the consensus number one…
The Flyers have been one of the better drafting teams going back to the early part of the decade, and that has allowed them several advantages and kept things competitive in lieu of a true, full-on rebuild. And draft picks litter the top 10 of our Top 25 Under 25 rankings as proof, but for…
It’s happening, folks! We’re right in the thick of it! Closing in on the top five! Wow! But before we hit the top five, we’re going to talk about a player who just missed that cut—one Oskar Lindblom. No. 8: Oskar Lindblom Position: LWAge: 22 (8/15/1996)Size: 6’1”, 191 (via)Acquired Via: 2014 NHL Draft — Round…
We made it! We’ve hit the top ten! The upper echelon of the kids! Wow! And, hey, it’s a new kid, too. The second on our list. We’re kicking off this brand new week by checking in with one of our brand new draftees. It’s Joel Farabee time, friends! No. 10: Joel Farabee Position: LWAge:…
We begin this one with a story from September of 2017, told courtesy of the Everett Herald’s Jesse Geleynse: On the eve of the 2016-17 Western Hockey League season, Philadelphia Flyers general manager and former NHL goaltender Ron Hextall sent Carter Hart back to the Everett Silvertips with the charge to once again be “the…