We all expected this year’s Philadelphia Flyers training camp to be about Matvei Michkov. The young Russian phenom coming to North American two years earlier than expected and is poised to set the NHL on fire and compete for the Calder Trophy — and generally, make the Flyers worth watching.
But something we did not fully expect was 18-year-old Jett Luchanko to take the world by storm and have fans frothing at the mouth to make the team and be on the ice on October 11 during the Flyers’ season opener in Vancouver. Just months after being selected 13th overall by the Flyers at the 2024 NHL Entry Draft, and weeks after turning 18 years old, the London, Ont.