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The Philadelphia Flyers have the 21st overall pick in the 2026 NHL Draft. Ryan Gilbert, Joe DeMarini, & Maddie Campbell discuss the players they like for the Flyers' 1st round pick, and some strategy about how GM Danny Briere might use the pick.
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Um, yeah, let's move on to the NHL draft
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talk. Flyers have the 21st overall pick.
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Maddie, Thomas, uh, Cole, Jacob and
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doing a great job with the community
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draft board over on broadstreet
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hockey.com. Read and subscribe there. We
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had a number 19 today on Tuesday. So,
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we'll get to 21 by the end of the week.
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Uh, Maddie, let's just start with who is
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your ideal target at number 21 who can
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realistically be there?
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I really like Oliver Savanto. Uh I'm not
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like super confident that he's going to
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be there. I would not be surprised if he
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gets picked up in the late teens, but I
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think he's a good sort of wellbalanced
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two-way defender that they could target.
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Uh Alexander Command is another one who
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is like a good motor type of again
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center. So would tick the box of
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positional need, but I think
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stylistically both of those guys would
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be good fits for what they're trying to
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assemble here.
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>> Yeah, I I did the mock draft roundup on
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Monday night for Broad Street Hockey.com
1:03
and uh Alex Kaman was was mocked twice.
1:06
Uh Sav was mocked once. So all centers
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though. All centers though. I did see
1:10
Wheeler had that big Russian defenseman
1:13
today mocked to the Flyers. But it does
1:15
seem like they're going to go for a
1:18
center. And like even not looking at the
1:21
name, you look at Jack Hexall's profile
1:24
of a solid two-way center, a safe pick,
1:27
a guy that's not supposed to go where
1:29
the Flyers are drafting, it just seems
1:30
like exactly what they've done in past
1:33
years with with Lucenko and trading up
1:35
for Nesbbit.
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>> Well, it could be Brooks Regowski, too,
1:38
who keeps coming up in our Slack chat.
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>> Russia was mocked to the Flyers as well
1:43
by uh who did that? Someone someone did
1:45
that uh uh there. Um and uh yeah, Jacob
1:48
keeps bringing up Brooks Brookowski as
1:50
just some some some big guy. What? Six
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foot six foot seven there. Um so yeah,
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that would be a very Flyers pick. Joe
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>> 67.
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>> Can we kick him out? [laughter]
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>> Eject him from the pod.
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>> Joe's camera is unfortunately working
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and he's doing the 67 motion every time
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we mention we mention 67 here on the
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podcast. Uh but yeah, Savanto uh ranked
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number 15 by Elite Prospects
2:14
Consolidated Ranking. Um you know,
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pretty much ranked in the top 26 by
2:19
everybody. Uh Finnish played last year
2:22
in the Junior League over in Finland.
2:24
Looked like he might make he did play
2:26
someone in the Liga as well. 11 points
2:28
in 48 games there. Um he's a guy. Yeah,
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I mean sure, why not? Give me Give me a
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finish center. 6'3. That's fine. That's
2:37
fine by me.
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>> Yeah. Yeah. And he's got kind of a
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sneaky good finesse side of his game as
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well. Like he's a good sort of small
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area playmaker. So, not just the frame
2:46
and the positional thing working well
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for him.
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>> Yeah. Jill, have you done any uh draft
2:52
digging yet? You have any any names you
2:54
have your eye on?
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>> Uh Suanto is someone I've been keeping
2:57
an eye on. Um I I would love it if they
3:01
kind of took the swing on Vilnov.
3:04
They're never going to do it though. Um,
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but uh, you know, it's it's just the
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centers that keep coming up, right?
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Morozovv is another one. Um, I'd be
3:14
happy with pretty much any of them. I
3:17
think Rowski is the biggest risk though,
3:19
right? Like that's that's the one you'd
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be a little scared if they take him at
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21.
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>> I'm a little scared of Hex Doll as well.
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>> Yeah. I mean,
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>> yeah,
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>> if they move back and they decide it's
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more valuable to, you know, pick in the
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late 20s, 30, whatever, and pick up
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another pick, fine. I can talk myself
3:40
into it. But I have some kind of
3:42
significant pace concerns when it comes
3:44
to him. I think I hate to even invoke
3:49
the name because it scares me, but it's
3:51
sort of the same thing we saw with
3:52
Morgan Frost where you get these guys
3:54
where their profile at the junior level
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is, well, he slows the game down really
3:59
well to maneuver, but the question then
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is always, okay, but is he ever going to
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be able to turn it on at the pro level
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and play with any more pace than that? I
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don't know.
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>> I don't feel confident [laughter] in
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that. the the more you talk about it,
4:14
the more it just sounds like a Flyers
4:15
pick. Skating issues, they love to
4:17
target those players with with skating
4:19
issues. Um the hex
4:22
>> trading down to grab them seems like the
4:25
best thing. People can complain about
4:26
that, too. Um he seems like another fine
4:30
pick that would be like a a third line
4:33
center, but like the Flyers don't need
4:35
more of those with what Luchenko is
4:37
looking like. We don't necessarily know
4:39
what Nesbit is going to be yet, but um
4:42
but it's also not like you can get some
4:44
of these topline centers or even top six
4:47
centers at 21.
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>> Yeah. And the other point I will make is
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I think the energy around this draft is
4:55
very different considering last year
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they had a bajillion picks at their
4:59
disposal. Now they only have five, I
5:02
think. So you really can't galaxy brain
5:06
this pick. You need to just make the
5:09
right pick. Don't overthink it because
5:11
you have so little margin for error
5:14
here.
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>> They need a player. They They need to
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get a player. They can't really Who is
5:19
it? The The Flames have three firsts
5:21
this year or someone's got three firsts
5:23
this year. Like maybe they take a swing
5:25
on VNOV later in the round that But the
5:27
Flyers don't have that luxury.
5:29
>> Yeah.
5:30
>> Yeah. Yeah, the Flyers only having five
5:32
picks, uh, no picks in the fourth or
5:34
fifth round does does make it seem more
5:37
likely that they they might might trade
5:39
back from 21 to like later in the first
5:42
round and get, you know, a third round
5:44
or a fourth round pick with it. Um, it
5:47
does seem like the Flyers have liked
5:49
being able to trade down or trade up
5:52
when they can to get the guys they want
5:53
and get the most value out of those
5:55
picks.
5:56
Yeah, definitely not uh not afraid to do
5:59
some maneuvering.
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>> Is there anyone like every draft there
6:04
is a player that falls further than
6:06
expected? Like a couple years ago I
6:08
mentioned Gabe Perau falls into the 20s
6:10
when everybody thought he might go
6:11
earlier. Is there anyone Is there anyone
6:13
in this draft that you could see falling
6:16
that way? I I would have said VGO Bork a
6:18
few weeks ago, but it sounds like he's
6:20
probably going to be a top 10 lock at
6:22
this point. I think this is just sort of
6:26
front of mind because I was just writing
6:28
about him, but like an Oscar Heming or
6:30
even a Tinyan Lawrence might be somebody
6:33
who drops a bit. I wouldn't call that
6:37
like an outright slide because I think
6:40
there are definitely some corners of the
6:42
scouting world that they haven't quite
6:45
recalibrated
6:47
to
6:48
gauge like how hard it is to score at
6:51
the college level for a draft eligible
6:53
prospect. So, I mean, we saw it last
6:55
year, too, with James Hagens where
6:57
people are like, "Oh, he didn't
6:59
immediately put up like Mlin Celibbrini
7:00
numbers." So,
7:02
>> red flag, but there's still a really
7:04
good prospect there.
7:06
>> Um, and I think there's still some
7:08
corners that are kind of catching up
7:09
there. So, those are guys who like I
7:12
thought had good college seasons, but
7:13
just didn't really pop off immediately.
7:16
So I think even then like that's sort of
7:18
a similar to Perau example for me who
7:23
like I wouldn't call him a slide. I
7:24
think he just kind of went in like the
7:27
more conservative range of his actual
7:30
projected
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>> Mhm.
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>> situation. So
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>> and Lawrence was injured to start the
7:34
year too, right? Like he he had a rough
7:37
go to begin his season. Yeah, he was
7:40
injured to start the season with the
7:41
USHL, then jumped in with BU in
7:45
December, January, and had to kind of
7:47
jump on a moving train there. So,
7:49
>> tough year,
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>> weird year for him for sure, but like I
7:52
loved
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>> his season still. Like that BEu team was
7:55
kind of a mess. Anybody who was already
7:58
doing some prospect watching there for
8:00
Mr. and Mlaughlin will have seen that as
8:03
well. Um, I I think even [snorts] though
8:06
the points weren't really there for him,
8:08
like he was motoring great and he was
8:10
setting up a lot. It's just you need
8:12
guys to close on those chances at some
8:14
point. So,
8:16
>> I'm optimistic about him.
8:18
>> Hopefully, that's a problem the Flyers
8:19
don't have in the future because they
8:20
already got a ton of guys who can't get
8:22
the job done. But, we'll see. Maybe
8:26
Marton's the savior. 40 goals coming in.
8:28
>> Maybe go looking at Regowski a a little
8:31
bit. Brooks Regowski there. You know, a
8:33
big body and I my mind immediately jumps
8:36
to 10 years ago with Taage Thompson, but
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I am now realizing Ta Thompson had a
8:41
great college season leading up to his
8:43
draft year. Is there any comparison
8:45
there besides being big right-handed
8:47
shot forwards with, you know, issues
8:49
with potential issues?
8:51
>> I think it's different. I think
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Thompson's
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offensive toolkit was already a little
8:57
bit better developed, even if it wasn't
9:00
like the production wasn't always there
9:02
for him. Um, Regowski, I just don't
9:05
really see that toolkit as being
9:07
particularly high-end. So, it's like
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you've got the skill and or the the size
9:12
>> and like kind of that's it. Yeah, that
9:14
makes that that makes sense. Yeah,
9:16
because I I I was I thought about it and
9:18
I looked up Paige Thompson's numbers in
9:20
his draft year and he put up better
9:21
numbers in college or similar numbers
9:23
that Regowski did in in juniors. So, um
9:27
does not seem like comparison there. You
9:29
know, everyone's going Flyers need a
9:30
center, Flyers need a center. they're
9:32
going to draft a center or or a
9:33
defenseman, but they have a lot of wings
9:36
at the NHL level and, you know, cusp of
9:38
the AHL there. But you look at their
9:40
prospect pool and like I can't name one
9:42
winger prospect. Like do you think
9:44
there's a chance the Flyers get a winger
9:46
in this draft? Like surprise everybody.
9:49
>> Uh that wouldn't really surprise me
9:52
honestly. I mean my philosophy is always
9:55
just get the best guy available. Um I
9:59
sort of made this point a few days ago
10:02
on our draft board where we were talking
10:04
about Wyatt Cullen as a guy who might
10:07
fall a little bit into the second half
10:10
of the draft. Super super skilled winger
10:13
um but definitely kind of projecty, but
10:16
if he's available at 21, you're running
10:18
to the podium, the decentralized podium.
10:22
>> It's remote. The remote draft is so
10:25
lame, man. It's so lame.
10:27
>> Yeah,
10:28
>> it's all about the bottom line. All
10:29
about the bottom line. What? Uh where
10:31
where where is Colin projected to go?
10:32
He's 27 in the consolidated ranking but
10:35
six by elite prospects though. So
10:37
>> yeah, like truly truly all over the
10:39
place. Um I mean his playmaking if he
10:42
the rest of his game sort of fills out
10:44
is
10:45
close to elite. It's just he grew eight
10:49
inches over the last two years.
10:51
>> So the rest of his game is sort of
10:54
>> messy. And I mean, that's a really good
10:59
upside bet on him, but there is some
11:01
risk there. It's like maybe he just
11:04
doesn't keep rapidly developing in the
11:06
way that everybody hopes, but
11:09
>> I I really like him.
11:11
>> Is Cullen a guy or is there a guy
11:14
similar who you think might drop out of
11:16
the top 10 or so into like the mid-
11:18
teens? the Flyers could look to trade
11:20
their pick plus like a roster player or
11:23
like a a male Andre type guy for to grab
11:26
if there's like a high potential guy
11:28
that falls.
11:29
>> For me, it would be Tynan Lawrence. Uh I
11:31
think I'm kind of stealing Jacob's
11:33
thunder here because he mentioned he's
11:34
doing something about this as well. But
11:38
>> again, as a center and if you kind of
11:40
look at the trade market, which is both
11:44
kind of thin and also very expensive,
11:48
>> and you start to wonder, would we be
11:50
better off spending our assets to move
11:52
up in the draft to go after this guy who
11:54
is, I think, really projectable. Um,
11:58
>> that's something I would consider.
12:00
>> How soon do you think he'd be NHL ready?
12:02
like one or two more years at uni or
12:04
like is he one of those could he do a
12:06
luchenko and surprise everyone and make
12:07
the team out of camp?
12:09
>> I don't know. He's got some physical
12:10
developing to do still. Uh I would like
12:13
to see him get an actual full season of
12:15
college in. So not a guy who I expect to
12:18
be banging down the door in like two
12:20
years necessarily, but somebody who
12:23
could be really valuable in the middle
12:26
distance for you.
12:27
>> Yeah. Another August birthday August
12:29
3rd. So doesn't turn 18 until then, but
12:31
he's someone that could be a topline
12:33
center in the future.
12:35
>> Potentially.
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>> Potentially. Okay, that that's good.
12:37
That's good. That's good. It's a name to
12:38
name to keep in mind for me there as
12:40
well. We got Thomas in the chat uh
12:42
talking about Adam Noatne. Uh what are
12:45
your thoughts on on him, Maddie?
12:46
>> Yeah.
12:47
>> Um I haven't gone deep on Noatne. I'm
12:50
going to be so honest.
12:51
>> All right.
12:52
>> Thomas is going to get so mad at me.
12:54
>> Uh 13th in consolidated rankings. seems
12:57
to be in the teens by most people. Uh
13:00
Craig Button, who has nailed the Flyers
13:02
pick in the past few years, has him
13:04
23rd. I don't know if that's just I
13:06
think that's just rankings though and
13:07
not his actual mock, but you know, I'm
13:10
all everyone's always a fan of, you
13:11
know, a player being ranked higher than
13:13
then they get picked. So yeah, if he if
13:15
he falls to the Flyers somehow, um would
13:17
not hate that. had 34 goals, 65 points
13:21
uh with Peterborough Pets in the OHL. Uh
13:24
three assists in seven games at the
13:26
World Juniors there for Czecha. Maybe
13:28
they got a uh Jake Vorichek or Dan Ladar
13:31
inside look at at Nandi.
13:33
>> [laughter]
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