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the Philadelphia flowers are getting
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involved in their 2025 college free
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agent class isn't the high skilled crop
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of young players but they are poorly
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interested in 22-year-old Michigan State
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Spartan Center Carson Dart Accord to
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sports that's Elliott fredman in his 32
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thoughts blog from Thursday he says
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Michigan state is expected to be the
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number one seed in the upcoming NCAA
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tournament of course Carson Dart their
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second leading scorer behind Tampa's
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Isaac Howard nearly went to the maple
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lece one year ago but turned to school
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several teams suspect Philadelphia lust
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after him like an Angelo Angelo's cheese
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steak cheese steak puns aside it is
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interesting that dber almost joined and
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went turn pro in the NHL with Toronto
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and now a lot of teams are thinking that
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the Flyers are the Front Runners for to
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get doorart services but what kind of
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player is door what kind of player
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should we expect that the Flyers get if
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they sign this 22-year old going down
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his St he's a 6'1 Center and he has been
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a Mainstay in the Spartans top six has
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been scoring at a very decent clip
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throughout his three years of college
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hockey first 10 goals and 27 points in
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38 games during his freshman year 15
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goals and 34 points in 38 games for a
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sophomore season and this season right
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now has 11 goals and 27 points in 33
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games and by all accounts Dart has been
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the heartbeat of Michigan State's
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offense uh for quite a while obviously
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that dip in production is something that
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you don't want to see but it is notable
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that he produced so highly at just 21
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years of age as a sophomore now instead
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of acting like like we're College hockey
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Scouts and watch Michigan State all the
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time and know dart's game we turn to
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Elite prospects they rank dber fourth
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among all free agents in this
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class and then gives us a little snippet
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of his game dber is an offensive driver
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first and foremost in college but his
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overall skill level may not enable him
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to keep that identity in the
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professional game it may be his motor
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that gives him the most upside there or
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the way he shots opponents in the
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defensive Zone and pushes them back off
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the Rush by Spring inting his rades at
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the next level he could become a
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dominant neutral zone player who fuels
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his team's Rush offense and shuts down
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the oppositions to get there however he
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will have to continue improving his
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skating mechanics and physical side
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becoming a more efficient Checker and
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transporter even further looking down
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Elite prospects page there's an
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individual Scouting Report from the
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February 28th game against Notre Dame
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that dward had Carson D never saw moving
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One play Blends into another he protects
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and wins pucks on the wall and
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immediately Springs to the net to become
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an option for deflection or a one-time
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and he attacks at Fast Pace in the
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neutral zone with multiple crossovers
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but he's not only pacing get ahead of
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the play attacker in moments he could
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slow down attract Defenders on himself
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cut inside and slip a pass behind the
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defensive line to a teammate sneaking in
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there the playmaking game is not highend
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but it definitely above average and the
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tools are good enough to carve out a
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career as an NHL and a potential call up
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his biggest asset is motor he should
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lean on that more next season of course
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this doesn't mean that that he's
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necessarily gifted a spot in NHL like in
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that report there's uh a floor of just a
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solid career professional hockey player
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above the level where he's playing right
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now but like all college free agents and
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especially it's the caveat of every
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college free agent you look at you're
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not expecting a top six uh impact NHL or
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you're you're expecting at the most
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someone who could play in the middle six
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and just be a solid contributor to a
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decent HL team of course the Flyers are
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looking for higher pace and I think dard
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really fits that bill you can see the
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level of creativity that he has at the
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college level you can see the speed he
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plays at and how that can translate to
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more of a bottom six role with the
3:46
Flyers maybe he is just a Ryan paling
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replacement longterm fourth line Center
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who could bring some speed and some
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scoring touch maybe play on a second
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power play but I think that's really his
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ceiling right now from everything that
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we've read and watched he's an overall
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interesting player that the Flyers are
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potentially getting he would give some
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jump to this Prospect pool he's 22 so
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he's not the youngest player available
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or not the youngest player that the
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Flyers could have in their system but
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he's still young enough where you could
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see a Runway to a decent
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career now what comes next will he join
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the Flyers immediately or will he go
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down to the Lehigh Valley Phantoms on
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their playoff push as they continue down
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through the AHL regular season it's
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probably the latter but he's still
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providing that necessary speed and
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offense that we could really see the
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Flyers want to identify with at that
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next level as they take the next jump
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