A white-hot start to last season likely bought Petr Straka one more chance to prove himself to the Flyers. Can he take another step forward this year, or is he what he is at this point?
Around this time last year, the headline "Petr Straka sits at No. 15 heading into make-or-break year" was one that ran on our website (in this very same 25 Under 25 feature, of course). The premise of Charlie's article there was fairly straightforward: Straka hadn't really established himself as a strong prospect in his two years (to date) with the organization, and he was likely coming up on his last chance to prove himself as a potential future NHLer.