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Wheeler now has the Flyers taking Martin at 6 in his mock. There always seems to be some player who rises up the ranks in the last weeks leading up to the draft.
Well, seeing how Colorado tried to trade talent for depth, and seeing what Rantanen is doing for Dallas, it would seem to me that the more talent at the top of the lineup, the better chance you have to win.
do the Islanders trade #1 overall to acquire assets and draft hometown boy Hagens? He seems to really want to be there.
Its an interesting exercise. It would reasonably have to be one of the teams picking in the top 4 (MAYBE 5)
San Jose has their own #1 and one from Dallas, as well as 2 #1 (Edmonton) picks next year.
Chicago also has 2 (their own and Toronto) this year and 2 (Florida)next year.
Utah has 1 pick
Nashville has 3 1sts (Tampa, Vegas) this year.Bill, I understand Button is a premier expert of these kids, way more than I ever could be. I worry because the Flyers IMO, need to knock it out of the park in this draft, because I honestly don’t think they will be picking this high again for quite a while. My feelings are from this point out they will be drafting in the bubble areas unless they get Islanders level luck, over pay for Kevin Hayes level free agents, open a short term window, then be in cap hell once again. Too much has happened over the years under multiple regimes for me to believe that anything but “Flyers Culture” (whatever that means) will always win out.
Do you believe Brady Martin is that type of “swing for the fences” pick the Flyers need? I am ok with them going off the national draft board if they think they have someone like that, but what I dont want is another safe “200 foot”, typical Flyers type player with a high floor but a not so high ceiling.
Talk me off the ledge.
On another note, I was able to get control of the original MBFlyerfan login which is now connected to my email. Someone had tried to change the password and I got an alert. So when I went in, I was able to change the password but unable to edit the somewhat offensive nickname that account has. I am just not going to use it at all and chalk it up to petty people.
Draft never really goes how the mock drafts indicate. I’m very confident Frondell or Hagens will be available @ 6.
It seems it may fall that way. I am terrified that Button is right again and they go off the board.
Last year I told Button on his youtube video that he was out of his mind saying the Flyers would pick Luchanko. He was right, I was wrong, and I apologozed. (Not that he ever saw it)
So this time I will not say a word about what he thinks. Martin wasn’t even on my radar before he said this, so I looked him up. He seems like the typical player the Flyers would normally pick, 2 way player, kind of a pest, works hard etc etc etc.
I hope he is wrong.
@MB still need to hit big time with this pick as they really have no margin for error.
jett does not impress me in terms of him being the answer to any top 6 center solution. Not saying he wont be a good player. just dont see that much offensive upside.
Yeah, I really hope they go with best available and if they take a home run swing it had better be worth it. Not pick some kid because he is a “Flyers type player”
Drafting Flyers type players has gotten them nowhere for 50 years.
Hopefully Hagens or Frondell drop to 6. And if not, I say take a swing on McQueen. Then take another swing on Ryabkin if he is there in the 20’s.
They need elite talent more than anything.
They hit a grand slam with Michkov, so they get that on the plus side, it remains to be seen what happens with Luchanko.
While Michkov IMO was a no brainer/no thought pick, I really thought there was a chance they would pick Ryan Leonard.
I really have no idea how they think,
I haven’t paid much attention to Martin until Button said something. And now, looking him up, it makes sense.
“Strengths
Hard worker on both sides of the puck
Physicality
Vision with and without the puck, as well as defensively
Energizer on the ice
Shot is near NHL-level in the eyes of many”Another two way guy, hard worker, 200 foot game, blah blah blah
Because Flyers.
Athletic Mock Draft
Isles – Schaeffer
Sharks – Misa
Hawks – Martone
Utah – Desnoyers
Preds – Hagens
Flyers – Frondell
Broons – O’Brien
Kraken – Mrkta
Sabres – Martin
Ducks – McQueen
Pens – Smith
Rags – Nesbitt
Wings – Eklund
Jackets – Aitcheson
Canucks -Carbonneau
Habs – BearThe Flyers seem to be in that Desnoyers, O’Brien, McQueen area of the draft. The first two are the safe picks IMO, McQueen is the swing for the fences. That back injury is a big concern, but if he is healthy…..
Maybe, because they have those 2 other firsts they take the big swing. We shall see.
