Pierre McGuire loves Nolan Patrick.
Pierre McGuire loves the Flyers.
Or, rather, looooooves.
“They’re going to be so good,” said McGuire, the NBCSN analyst, after the Flyers selected Nolan Patrick with the second pick of Friday night’s NHL draft.
“They were a non-playoff team but I’m going to go on the air and say the Philadelphia Flyers will make the playoffs this year and they will be a beast to play against,” McGuire said. "I think (Flyers coach) Dave Hakstol has a murderers' row of young players to play with in Philadelphia. I think they will be one of the more exciting teams in the Eastern Conference going forward.