Philly.com · Jun 20, 2016
A look at the forwards the Flyers might draft
Max Jones (left) and Kieffer Bellows of Team Plante prepare to play Team Roenick during the CCM/USA Hockey All-American Prospects Game on Sept. 24, 2015 at First Niagara Center in Buffalo, N.Y. Unless they trade up - and general manager Ron Hextall is trying to do just that - the Flyers won't have a chance to select the four highest-ranked forwards in the first round of Friday's draft: Auston Matthews, Patrik Laine, Jesse Puljujarvi or Matthew Tkachuk.
That means Hextall, scouting director Chris Pryor and the rest of the staff will probably turn to Plan B, hoping one of the following forwards (listed alphabetically) is available with the 18th overall selection: