Two years ago the Flyers were fortunate enough to see the ping pong balls fall their way and vault up the draft to select No. 2 overall in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft. The prize ended up being Nolan Patrick, and while the jury is still out on the center after his second NHL season, the Flyers’ pivot is likely to be linked to the following names for the better part of the next decade.
Those names are of course: Jack Hughes and Kaapo Kakko, who will be selected with the first and second overall picks in the 2019 NHL Entry Draft.