For three drafts in a row, the Montreal Canadiens and Philadelphia Flyers would exchange 7th round picks. Who was picked? Why would they exchange all these 7th rounders? What caused it to end? We'll go over all of it. The First Trade The first trade was the Flyers sending their 2017 7th round pick to … Continue reading Revisiting the Montreal-Philly 7th Round Pick Exchange
Category: Drafting
Flyers Redraft: 2016
From Sunrise, Florida to Buffalo, New York we come to another draft with a 1st overall pick to kill over. Auston Matthews went first overall to Toronto, followed by Patrik Laine going second to Winnipeg and Pierre-Luc Dubois going third to Columbus and then both getting swapped almost 5 years later. This draft was really … Continue reading Flyers Redraft: 2016
Flyers Redraft: 2015
From Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Sunrise, Florida we come to one of the best drafts ever, and could become the best draft ever. We see probably the second best number 1 pick ever in Connor McDavid go to the Edmonton Oilers, who have picked first in 4 of the past 6 drafts, and then Buffalo getting … Continue reading Flyers Redraft: 2015
Flyers Redrafts: 2013
Going from rival Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to one of our other rivals in Newark, New Jersey. We see Colorado break the chain of Edmonton picking first overall. With the first pick, Colorado picks the best player since Crosby, also from the same town as Crosby in Nathan MacKinnon, then Aleksander Barkov going to Florida second overall, … Continue reading Flyers Redrafts: 2013
Flyers Redraft: 2012
Coming from Minneapolis, Minnesota to our cross-state rivals in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, we find ourselves with a weak top 3 with Edmonton, again, picking first and taking Nail Yakupov, then Ryan Murray going second to the Columbus Blue Jackets, and Alex Galchenyuk going to Montréal third overall. The host team, Penguins, made a huge deal sending … Continue reading Flyers Redraft: 2012
Flyers Redraft: 2011
From Los Angeles, California to Minneapolis, Minnesota we see the Edmonton Oilers claim the 1st overall pick once again and select Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and then Gabriel Landeskog went to the Avalanche and Jonathan Huberdeau to Florida. This draft was a pretty good one as well. This was also when the news that the Atlanta Thrashers … Continue reading Flyers Redraft: 2011
Top 5: Most Likely Flyers Expansion Picks
The Seattle Kraken expansion draft is finally on the horizon and who ends up packing their bags is on the forefront of every fans' mind across the league. For the Flyers, they're set up pretty nicely in terms of being able to protect everyone they want to. Though, as the first stop in a critically … Continue reading Top 5: Most Likely Flyers Expansion Picks
Flyers Redraft: 2010
From Montréal, Québec to Los Angeles, California we see the beginning of the Oilers getting the 1st overall pick in 4 of the next 6 drafts. Taylor Hall was picked first by Edmonton, and Boston got to select Tyler Seguin 2nd overall thanks to the Phil Kessel trade with the Leafs. This draft holds the … Continue reading Flyers Redraft: 2010
Flyers Redrafts: 2009
From Ottawa, Ontario to Montréal, Québec, we see another 1-2 punch of an elite center and elite defenseman. John Tavares would go first to Long Island, and Tampa Bay would help their rebuild by selecting Victor Hedman second. The Flyers had a pretty weak draft to be quite frank. This is another draft with only … Continue reading Flyers Redrafts: 2009
Flyers Redraft: 2008
From Columbus, Ohio to Ottawa, Ontario the Senators actually get to host the draft they were told they would, and if they were upset about not hosting the draft of Sidney Crosby, well they would host the draft of defensemen. This draft was highlighted by 1st pick Steven Stamkos, but the draft produced some amazing … Continue reading Flyers Redraft: 2008
