The Flyers defense corps can be best summed up over the past few seasons by the following sentence: “Anybody has to be better than Andrew MacDonald”. Year by year, we have slogged through the hockey seasons, waiting patiently for young players to finally emerge from Ron Hextall’s vaunted pipeline. Now, the fruits of Hextall’s labor are steadily making their way to the NHL, and while not all of them will succeed, many of the young defenseman are either barging through the door for an NHL call up, or have already played in the NHL. While we may have lofty expectations for our young players, Travis Sanheim has undoubtedly played out as expected, and has possibly even gone above and beyond expectation.
Philadelphia Flyers 25 Under 25: Travis Sanheim proved himself in first full NHL season
