Macklin Celebrini, forward, Canada. You expect Sidney Crosby (Pittsburgh Penguins), Connor McDavid (Edmonton Oilers) and Nathan MacKinnon (Colorado Avalanche) to dominate in games like this, and they have. But Celebrini, the San Jose Sharks’ 19-year-old phenom, has arrived on the biggest stage, with the biggest stars, and has emphatically showed that he belongs.
Imagine having him represent your team for the next 20 years. Already a star in the NHL and Internationally at 19 years old. On a 120 pt pace at 19. He will put fans in the seats and win games for you.
The Flyers have Jett from that draft, who set a flyers record of being the youngest player to make the team, wooohoooo! 2 years later he still hasn’t played 9 total games or even assisted on a goal. But did you hear, he keeps making the team!
Celebrini most likely will never hit FA and in the remote chance he did, why would he ever pick the Flyers. Both questions are absurd and do not constitute a plan but that’s the extent of the Flyers “plan” for year 3 of their rebuild and it has failed before it even started.
They should do whatever they need to do to draft that talent, but they won’t. Long term thinking is not something they are capable of.
