As I’ve noted in recent draft related articles, the Flyers can be considered both fortunate and unfortunate with regard to this year’s NHL draft.
Due to their limited success in the later part of the 2010’s, and some outright luck (ahem, 13 to 2), the Flyers had made something of a habit of picking relatively high in the draft. They were never terrible enough to be among the top contenders in the draft lottery, but usually had decent draft position. However, this season, the Flyers have been, well, good! They can also consider themselves fortunate with the depth of this year’s draft, in that they have had a successful season and will still be in the running to pick a very good player.