The Philadelphia Flyers will pick sixth overall in the 2025 NHL Entry Draft. The team dropped two spots from the default fourth position in the Draft Lottery. Meanwhile, the New York Islanders won the first overall pick as they jumped up from 10th in first-pick odds percentage (3.5 percent). The San Jose Shark will pick second overall by default. Utah moved up the maximum 10 spots from the default 14th overall pick to the fourth selection of the Draft.
Two teams who entered the Draft Lottery with lower odds than Philadelphia jumped over the Flyers in the actual draft order. As a result, the Flyers fell the maximum two spots. In upcoming blogs, we will look at potential candidates for the sixth overall spot. This year’s top-five is not a slam-dunk in make-up or in Draft order. However, it’s a near-lock that neither defenseman Matthew Schaefer nor center Michael Misa last beyond the top three picks.
I am not convinced there will be a run of centers or center/wing swingman prospects once is off the board. I’d argue that it’d be more surprising if the Draft order one through five played out with Schaefer and four centers. For one, I think Porter Martone will be off the board before the Flyers’ pick comes up at sixth overall. Here’s the Draft order from the first overall pick to the 16th.
The outcomes of remaining Stanley Cup rounds determine pick 17 to 32. The Flyers own the first-round selections originally owned by the Colorado Avalanche and Edmonton Oilers. The Avalanche pick cannot fall below 25th overall but could also rise to 23rd or 24th overall. The Oilers’ pick range is yet to be determined.
Disappointed not staying pick 4 but it was more likely to be pick 6. Hope was rising with the first draws but once pick 1 was decided and Utah jump to 4, the Flyers drafting position was determined. It would have been a lift to get pick 1 or 2.
Pick #6 Caleb Desnoyers or Jake OāBrien
Pick #24 Braeden Cootes
Pick #25 Blake fiddler
Move up
I am trying to be positive but this scenario is on the Flyers. They refuse to do what needs to be done to get better. They were lucky to get Michkov. Imagine if the other GM’s weren’t bozos during that draft? The Flyers are relying on other teams being incompetent instead of controlling as much as possible like the Hawks and Sharks. They have one top five pick in the last five years and they traded him away. Frustrating.
Honestly, I think the Sharks and Hawks are two very different situations in terms of tanking and rebuilding. The Hawks have been shamelessly tanking for a number of seasons now. Where as The young Sharks are playing their youth, their youth look like theyāre trying their buttās off but the team just isnāt good enough.
With one of those late picks, might take a chance on the first goalie projected. Ravensberger. 6’5″ WHL
Iāve seen several mock drafts this morning and they are all over the place. However it seems the Flyers will land a really good prospect and chances are a center. Other than Craig Button predicting the Flyers draft Brady Martin, all the other mocks are consistent with some combo of Schafer, Misa, Hagans and Martone going in the 1st 4 picks leaving Desyones, Frondell, OBrien as the Flyers main targets and they are all centers. So really, everything Iām reading is that thereās really not a huge difference in the potential of any of these players, save for maybe Schafer
Also, kind of hoping the Calder snub for Michkov just motivates him to be that much better. Canāt dispute the three finalists, they all played great this year but it still stinks.
If Frondell is there at 6, I would be surprised. I agree all the mock drafts are all over the place. But I think the top 3 centers go plus Schafer and Martone (listed as a winger).
Speculation (extremely early) is that NYI takes Hagens due to his LI roots. I doubt that but you never know. I think Schafer is the pick.
Your logic is ridiculous. The Flyers ārefuse to do what needs to be done to get betterā is just blatantly wrong and implies that the only way to get better is to lose. In terms of Michkov dropping to the Flyers, were the other GMās really ALL ābozosā? You can go through every draft and pick out the best 3 players then look to see how many of them were drafted 1-2-3 overall. Spoiler alert: Its never. Where you draft is nowhere near as important as who you draft or even as important as how you develop the talent that you do draft.
I feel we need to move up from 6. We need a center and the top 3 should be gone by pick 5. Misa, Hagens, Frondell. O’Brien or Desoynares would/should be there. But I feel like we’ve already had poor luck with two guys with those names:-)
Anyone feel different? Stick at 6? Or package 6 and 25/EDM pick for 3 or 4 overall?
Islanders take Matthew Schaefer.
Sharks have Will Smith and Macklin Celebrini at center. Likely no chance they give up the second overall pick.
Never hurts to offer our 6th, one of the late first round picks and if life were fair, take TK, as TK should have been traded last summer.