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What Prospects the Flyers Interviewed At 2025 NHL Draft Combine
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Jun 21, 2025
Going over the list of prospects that the Philadelphia Flyers are reported to have met with at the 2025 NHL Draft Combine. Are they going to take one of these guys? 0:00 Reports From the Combine 1:27 Possibilities for 6th Overall 4:17 Trade-Up Targets in the Teens 5:32 Possibilities for the 22nd Pick 6:30 Targets for the End of the 1st Round 7:03 2nd Round Draft Targets Jackie Spiegel's reported list of players: https://x.com/jackiespiegel93/status/1931442799691628630 Russ Cohen's Article at Sportsology with his reported list of players: https://www.sportsology.com/combine-report-who-the-flyers-spoke-with-and-a-few-others/ BSH Shift-By-Shift Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQkq8Q6y2RTXi-psleYEXQAxQfclxDR6h Corey Pronman's 2025 Draft Ranking: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6413760/2025/06/10/nhl-draft-2025-prospects-rankings-pronman/
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last week the NHL held their scouting
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combine for the draft eligible players
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for the upcoming 2025 draft It was a
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week of interviewing players dinners
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fitness tests and if you're the New York
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Islanders letting the presumptive number
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one pick pay for dinner Weirdos
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The Flyers were obviously present seeing
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as they have seven picks in the top 48
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picks of the draft And thanks to two
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Flyers reporters who were on hand at the
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combine we have a good idea of which
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players the Flyers spoke to Jackie
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Spiegel of the Inquirer tweeted out this
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list and Russ Cohen of Sportology
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published this article to give us a
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pretty comprehensive list between both
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reporters That said the Flyers have been
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known to work in secret so it wouldn't
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at all be a surprise if they spoke to
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more than the names we'll go through I'm
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going to go through this list and bunch
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the players together based on the picks
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the Flyers have at the moment Two quick
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things before I break down the list BSH
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and PHLY are having a draft party at
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Chicky and Pets near the stadiums on the
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first night of the draft which is June
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27th It's five bucks to get in the door
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because last year we had too many people
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Rest assured that all of the ticket
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coverage Thank you Back to the list So
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first up here are the players the Flyers
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met with that might be a fit for the
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sixth overall pick A couple notes First
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the position next to their name I took
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those directly from the NHL Central
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scouting lists And I also included four
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draft rankings from four different lists
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as you'll see here First is Cory
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Ponman's list of the athletic He
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released this list today Tuesday June
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10th You'll see the little P next to the
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athletic logo Next is Scott Wheeler's
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list also of the Athletic His rankings
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have the little W next to the athletic
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logo His list is also from this week
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Next is Elite Prospects and these
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rankings are from their final draft
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guide which was released last week And
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finally the TSN rankings are from Bob
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McKenzie's mid-season ranking back in
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January This one's a little out of date
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but Bobby Margs doesn't put his final
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list out until right before the draft
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Okay the list of players the Flyers met
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with that could potentially be taken at
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sixth overall The Flyers met with center
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Michael Misa but it would be insane if
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he drops past the number two pick James
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Haggins another center He came into the
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year as the presumptive number one
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overall pick but there's a real chance
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he could fall to the Flyers at six He
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measured in at 5'10 and a half at the
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combine but a sturdy 186 lb Next
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right-winger Porter Martone The little
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icon here next to his name means the
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Flyers took him out to dinner at the
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combine This is ridiculous that they
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were tracking this but about Marton as a
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player he's big and he's a great
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playmaker Next is another center Caleb
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Doyier We already have his older brother
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Elliot in our system already Caleb as a
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player he does everything well but
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there's questions about whether any of
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his tools are elite Also Anton Fondell
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Fondell's got a great shot and he's
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already pretty built having played in a
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league against men all season On to a
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few more The Flyers also met with
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gigantic center Roger McQueen The big
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thing with McQueen is he missed a lot of
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the year with a back issue But at the
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combine he participated in the fitness
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tests And judging by the rankings of
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Prawnman and Wheeler which both came out
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after the combine his ranking is a bit
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higher than before the combine So I have
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to wonder if his back looks better than
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expected Finally we round it out with
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skilled Swedish winger Victor Ecklund
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and another dinner date playmaking
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center Jake O'Brien Something worth
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noting with O'Brien is that his junior's
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coach Jay McKe is an ex-teammate of
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Danny Briers And McKe also interviewed
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for the Flyers head coaching position
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this summer You have to think that the
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Flyers have a lot of intel on this kid
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We have a Shiftbyshift watch along for
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Jake O'Brien on our YouTube channel If
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you want to check that out just head to
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our playlist and look for our shift by
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shift playlist and you'll find it in
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there That does it for the players
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ranked in the realm of the six pick Next
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up are some players who are mostly
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ranked in the teens of the first round
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but because the Flyers have so much
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ammunition in terms of draft capital
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These players could potentially be
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trade-up options if the Flyers really
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like any of them Here we have the first
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defenseman of the bunch lefty Dman
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Jackson Smith We also did a shift by
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shift watch along for Jackson Smith just
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the other day so check that out as well
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Then another dinner recipient center
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Brady Martin Martin is a guy who hits a
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ton and he's tempting a lot of teams who
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are dreaming for a playoff performer
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like Sam Bennett There's a chance Utah
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could take him as high as number four
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overall but it sounds like a lot of
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people worry he isn't dynamic enough to
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take in the top 10 And third player in a
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row we've done a shift by shift for
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Brady Martins also up on our YouTube
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channel Then another defenseman righty
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Ratam Mertka who is almost 66 Winger
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Carter Bear who plays with physicality
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and has some puck skills Another winger
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Justin Carbono who is also physical
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skilled and has a great shot And finally
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another defenseman Kashon Aches who
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plays a nasty game but has some hockey
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sense questions He's been compared to a
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more skilled version of players like
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Jacob Trouba or Radco Gudis This next
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group of players could all be fits for
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the Flyers next first round pick It's
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slated to be number 22 in the first
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round which they got last year from
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Colorado in the Shaun Walker trade First
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up there's center Cole Rashny who's a
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little smaller but has top six potential
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and a well-rounded game Next winger
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Malcolm Spence He works hard but might
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lack high-end skill Defenseman Blake
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Fiddler who is the son of former NHLer
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Vern Fiddler
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defenseman Cameron Reed who's just under
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six foot but skates really well Then
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there's Colin Potter who is small but
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might be the best skater in the draft
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The Flyers probably saw him a good
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amount this year seeing as Potter and
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the recently signed Tai Merchesen both
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played for Arizona State this season And
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then two more on the next page center
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Ben Kindle He's 5'10" but has just about
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every tool in the toolbox And then the
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first goalie expected to go in the draft
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Joshua Ravensburgen
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Moving on there's three more guys the
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Flyers met with who rank around 31 or 32
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on these four lists which is where the
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Flyers final first round pick is
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depending on whether Edmonton wins or
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loses the cup First we've got defenseman
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Sasha Bomedian who's a Finnishborn
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Swedish defenseman He played this year
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at Boston University as a 17-year-old
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Purely on paper that screams flyers
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You've got winger Jack Merte and center
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William Moore who is over 6'2 but had an
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inconsistent season coming into the
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draft And then finally a list of 10
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players that the Flyers could end up
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picking with any of their second round
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picks Currently the Flyers second round
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picks are slotted at 36 40 45 and 48
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First is Shane Vansagi The interesting
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thing about Vanagi is that he registered
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the highest grip strength at this year's
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combine In the last two drafts the
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Flyers have taken the player with the
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highest grip strength Back in 2023 it
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was Matteo Man who the Flyers selected
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in the seventh round And last year it
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was Jet Lchenko who had the highest grip
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strength and the Flyers took him in the
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first round Obviously it could be a
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coincidence but if the Flyers take Van
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Sagi this year that kind of makes a
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trend Next is Henry Burstic who plays
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defense for the London Knights The
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Flyers probably got a lot of looks at
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this kid with Bon and Barky being on
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that team Then we've got defenseman
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Simon Wang who is 66 and apparently
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really raw in his tools There's center
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Cole McKini Then winger Riker Lee who is
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highly skilled thinks the game well but
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could probably improve his skating And
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then the final batch of players the
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Flyers met winger Vaklav Nestrasil who
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is over 6'5 but probably needs a lot of
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time to develop Center William Hoff who
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is the son of former NHL Shawn Horov
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center Matthew Guard who is big goes to
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the hard areas but probably profiles as
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a bottom six center Defenseman Carter
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Amo who is over 6'5 but missed most of
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the season with a knee injury And then
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the last one on the list goalie Elijah
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Newan Based on the public rankings you
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can probably wait another round or two
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to select this kid if they're really
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interested in him So if I remember
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correctly I think this is about 34 kids
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the Flyers met with at the combine But
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like I mentioned at the beginning they
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often operate in secret So I'm sure
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there's other players they met and spoke
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with as well As I mentioned for a few
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players during the video we already have
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some watchalongs shiftby shifts up on
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the Broad Street Hockey YouTube channel
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So if you're into those we're going to
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continue doing those So stick around And
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if you are in the Philadelphia area and
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you would like to come to the draft
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party remember it's just five bucks It's
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going to be Friday June 27th and it's
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going to be down at the Chicks and Pets
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near the stadiums Hope to see you there
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and thank you so much for watching
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