The Philadelphia Flyers entered last week’s NHL Draft with two first-round picks and rumors swirling of a potential trade. They came away from the first round with just one prospect that nobody had ranked in the top 15 and a whole lot of questions.
After Daniel Briere and Keith Jones hit a home run in the 2023 NHL Draft with Matvei Michkov falling to No. 7 and Oliver Bonk at No. 22, Flyers fans’ trust in the front office is now wavering a bit.
It all looked like it was falling the Flyers’ way. The Anaheim Ducks reached for Beckett Sennecke at third overall, and after Carter Yakemchuk and Berkly Catton were selected seventh and eighth, you could do the math that the Flyers would have a crack at one of the top names in the draft.