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Everything Brent Flahr said about the Flyers’ 2026 NHL Draft class
Philadelphia Flyers assistant general manager Brent Flahr spoke with the media Saturday afternoon after the 2026 National Hockey League Draft wrapped up in Buffalo. Flahr said the plan the scouting staff had going into the draft seemed to fall apart early on when the prospects they had targeted began being scooped up. “Our draft board early on it was cleaned,” Flahr said regarding the two-day event . “We had a lot of teams calling trying to trade up to get our pick and it went radio silen...
Report: Darnell Nurse wants to be traded to the Flyers
It certainly feels like the Philadelphia Flyers are going to try to do something to change up their blue line — could that involve trading for Darnell Nurse from the Edmonton Oilers? Nurse does have a full no-movement clause so he’s going to dictate where he ends up getting traded to after his time in Edmonton has almost certainly come to an end. And according to recent reporting, the 31-year-old defenseman has handed a list of just a few teams to the Oilers that he would be open to movin...
Flyers select Max Laatikainen with 213th overall pick in 2026 NHL Draft
And that’s a wrap! The Flyers closed out their 2026 Draft with one final selection, grabbing one more defenseman in Max Laatikainen. 🔶 WELCOME TO PHILLY! 🔶 With the 213th overall pick in the 2026 #NHLDraft , we are proud to select defenseman Max Laatikainen. pic.twitter.com/297y60HtvV — Philadelphia Flyers (@NHLFlyers) June 27, 2026 This Finnish defendseman breaks, in a way, from the mold that the Flyers have set elsewhere in this draft class, as his profile is more that of a...
Roundtable: Would you trade Matvei Michkov for Zach Werenski?
The Philadelphia Flyers could get aggressive this summer and it could involve getting the best defenseman to hit the open market since, well, Quinn Hughes less than a year ago. Zach Werenski could be edging his way out of the Columbus Blue Jackets. The 29-year-old elite blueliner is fresh off of a Norris Trophy win and by all accounts, is sick and tired of spending his career on a team that is rarely (if ever) in the playoff conversation. While it is expected that the big players in the l...
Flyers select KJ Sauer with 136th overall pick in 2026 NHL Draft
The Flyers closed out their fifth round by selecting their first forward of this draft so far, picking up center KJ Sauer out of the Minnesota high school system. 🔶 WELCOME TO PHILLY! 🔶 With the 136th overall pick in the 2026 #NHLDraft , we are proud to select forward KJ Sauer. pic.twitter.com/RXVpZVbVEv — Philadelphia Flyers (@NHLFlyers) June 27, 2026 Sauer is a bit of a weird case, having missed much of this season with injury — and looking like he was still feeling some li...
Flyers just drafted the biggest Flyers fan ever
The first purpose of the NHL Draft is to get some young players in your organization and maybe get the next franchise cornerstone — or maybe get your giant 6-foot-8 defenseman that you hope is good enough to be a No. 4 — and improve the outlook of your team. The second purpose is having some good stories going on. With the 53rd overall pick, the Philadelphia Flyers selected right-handed defenseman Brek Liske from the WHL’s Everett Silvertips. On the surface, it looks like a very good pick...
Flyers select Marek Sklenička with 120th overall pick in 2026 NHL Draft
Don’t look now, folks, but it’s a run on goalies! After using their 62nd overall pick on Czech goaltender Martin Psohlavec, they took a bit of break until late in Round 4 and used their 120th overall pick to draft… another Czech goaltender. 🔶 WELCOME TO PHILLY! 🔶 With the 120th overall pick in the 2026 #NHLDraft , we are proud to select goaltender Marek Sklenička. pic.twitter.com/mJMmfxHyWo — Philadelphia Flyers (@NHLFlyers) June 27, 2026 And while Psohlavec presents as a bit...
Flyers select Martin Psohlavec with 62nd overall pick in 2026 NHL Draft
The Flyers closed out their second round with their second selection of the day, picking up goaltender Martin Psohlavec out of the Czech junior league. 🔶 WELCOME TO PHILLY! 🔶 With the 62nd overall pick in the 2026 #NHLDraft , we are proud to select goaltender Martin Psohlavec. pic.twitter.com/dcSZZ9QtWm — Philadelphia Flyers (@NHLFlyers) June 27, 2026 Their first goalie drafted since 2023, Psohlavec stands out, above all, for his size. Coming in at 6’5 (but still just 185 pou...
Flyers select Brek Liske with 53rd overall pick in 2026 NHL Draft
And we’re off! With their first pick of Day 2 of the draft, the 53rd overall pick, the Flyers have selected right-shooting defender Brek Liske out of Everett of the WHL. 🔶 WELCOME TO PHILLY! 🔶 With the 53rd overall pick in the 2026 #NHLDraft , we are proud to select Brek Liske. pic.twitter.com/3VTsGqun8p — Philadelphia Flyers (@NHLFlyers) June 27, 2026 Liske brings a nicely rounded game — he’s not terribly flashy in any one area, but he does a lot of things quite well. He’s s...
2026 NHL Draft, Rounds 2-7 open discussion thread
After a wild — but not wholly unexpected — unfolding of events through the first round, we’re right back at it again today for the final six rounds of the draft. The Flyers picked up a bit more ammunition for themselves last night, and that opens the door for things to get a little bit more interesting around here, and we’ll see soon what they end up getting up to. Start time: 11:00 a.m. How to watch: 📺: ESPN, ESPN+ Pregame reading The big headline from yesterday — no pun inte...
Danny Briere explains why Flyers drafted Maksim Sokolovskii
Although they moved down six slots and acquired two additional draft picks for Saturday, Philadelphia Flyers general manager Danny Briere says he thinks London Knights defenseman Maksim Sokolovskii will take some time to develop. But believes it will be well worth the wait. The Flyers selected Sokolovskii with the twenty-seventh overall pick, sliding down a half dozen slots after San Jose traded their first-round, second-round, and fourth-round selections. The blueliner is 6’7″ and 240 po...
Report: Flyers emerge as a potential Zach Werenski trade destination
In the middle of the first round of the 2026 NHL Draft, a little bit of a miniature bombshell was dropped by The Athletic’s Pierre LeBrun. The NHL insider has been all over the Zach Werenski story over there for the Columbus Blue Jackets and he just decided to put out a list of teams who are almost certainly going to call if the reigning Norris Trophy winner is available in a trade. While it is expected that the true Stanley Cup contenders who could certainly use a No. 1 defenseman like W...
What scouts are saying about the Flyers taking Maksim Sokolovskii at 27th overall
The Philadelphia Flyers picked a whole lot later than we are used to and they utilized this 27th overall pick — after a trade down from pick No. 21 with the San Jose Sharks — to select London Knights defenseman Maksim Sokolovskii. He’s a big boy as the 6-foot-7 blueliner was taken off the pile of young prospects and taken by the Flyers to add to their increasingly large pile of players whose main characteristic is that they have size. Sokolovskii is simply going for someone who is bigger ...
Flyers trade back, select Maksim Sokolovskii with the 27th overall pick
With the 21st pick of the 2026 NHL draft, the Philadelphia Flyers have selected … Nobody. After some speculation that the Flyers could trade back a few spots in order to accrue some more picks later on in the draft, they ended up doing just that, sending their 21st overall selection to the San Jose Sharks for the 27th overall selection, the 62nd overall selection, and the 120th overall selection. With the resulting 27th overall pick, the Flyers would then select Maksim Sokolovs...
2026 NHL Draft, Round 1 open discussion thread
It’s Draft Day at last! We’ll be getting rolling in a little while here, but before we do, here’s a rundown on everything you need to know, heading into the first round. Start time: 7:00 p.m. How to watch: 📺: ESPN, ESPN+ Pregame reading Need to brush up on the details of some of these soon to be drafted players? Check out our Community Draft Board hub, with our final reader voted ranking and links to every profile we’ve written up, to date It’s still a big mystery what th...
Flyers linked to smooth-skating defender Tommy Bleyl on Draft Day
Draft Day is upon us, and like every year, there’s a host of mocks and rumors floating around that are trying to decipher who the Flyers are going to be taking with their first round pick. The Athletic’s Kevin Kurz noted in a brief draft day report that The Athletic’s Corey Pronman has heard rumblings that the Flyers have been linked with Moncton defenseman Tommy Bleyl, especially if they are to make a trade that drops them closer to the end of the first round. The 6-foot, 170-...
NHL Draft experts split on Flyers’ pick at No. 21 in final mock drafts
The 2026 NHL Draft is here. Well, in a few hours. All of the drafts have been mocked. Dinners with prospects have been eaten. And the rumors are swirling after a whirlwind of NHL trades already completed this week. The Philadelphia Flyers only have one pick in the first round of this year’s draft, and it could very well be on the move. However, as of now, we know that they own the 21st overall selection on Friday night. So, after rounding up some of the projections throughout th...
Flyers just lost a trade partner for Rasmus Ristolainen
The Philadelphia Flyers are trying a whole lot of things in what has been a wild week in the NHL. While their only two moves so far this offseason has been smartly getting a very capable tandem goaltender in Joseph Woll from the Maple Leafs, and sending Garnet Hathaway home to Florida for a nice little package of draft picks, there is speculation that something much bigger is going to go down in the coming days with the 2026 NHL Draft kicking off Friday night. Unfortunately, they might ha...
The 2026 BSH Community Draft Board Hub
We’ve reached the end of the line, folks! After well over a month’s worth of work, toiling through these picks, we’ve made it all the way through our approximation of the first round. It was another spectacular edition of the Community Draft Board, and we thank you for your participation in it. We have a 32 prospects profiled and a first round order which is still close enough to the consolidated or consensus ranking, but still carries our own flair. The order is perfect, because it is ou...
Friday Morning Fly By: The day has arrived
*And just like that, NHL Entry Draft Day has finally arrived! We made it, friends! Speaking of making it, you’ll be making it to our NINTH(!) annual Draft Party with our pals from PHLY, yes? Yes?? Yes!! In case you missed the details, we made a post about the details. [ BSH ] *Everybody else was making moves left and right on Wednesday, so Danny Briere decided he had to make a little move of his own yesterday. Not a huge move, but a bit of an unexpected one. [ BSH ] *If Nikita Greben...
Flyers’ Garnet Hathaway trade opens up huge opportunity for Nikita Grebenkin
Thursday morning the Flyers announced that they traded veteran forward Garnet Hathaway and a sixth-round pick in the 2026 National Hockey League draft in exchange for a fourth-round pick in 2026 and a fifth-round pick in 2027. Although Hathaway had a better than expected first round series against Pittsburgh, the energy player looked like he had lost a step most of the season, ending up with just a goal and a pair of assists in 66 games. It was a dramatic drop even for a fourth-line winger who...
Flyers trade Garnet Hathaway to Panthers in somewhat surprising move
The Philadelphia Flyers have finally got in the chaos of what has been the NHL trade market this week. And it’s sending veteran forward Garnet Hathaway to the Florida Panthers in a deal that involves multiple draft picks. Announced by the team on Thursday morning, the Flyers have sent Garnet Hathaway to the Panthers, along with their 2026 sixth-round pick, in exchange for a 2026 fifth-round pick, and a 2027 fourth-round pick. The Flyers are also retaining 50% of Hathaway’s salary. ...
Thursday Morning Fly By: No blockbusters today
*Tuesday sure was a doozy, and while yesterday mercifully wasn’t quite as busy around the league, we still had a bit of interesting activity unfolding. Here are the quick hits: The Capitals are staying busy, and locked down Alex Tuch in a sign-and-trade deal. [ TSN ] Speaking of getting locked down, the Sabres inked Zach Benson to a long-term contract. [ Sportsnet ] And the NHL is looking at expansion… again. [ ESPN ] *That’s a whole lot going on around the league, but ...
Join us for the annual BSH-PHLY Draft Party
It’s that time of year again! The first round of the NHL draft is set to kick off on Friday night, and once again, we’re teaming up with our dear pals over at PHLY for another watch party and live podcast extravaganza. In case you missed the posts across the social media channels — and, in a way, we envy you if you were able to pull off being unplugged like that — here’s all of the information that you’ll need to know in advance of the party. The Where We’re changing it up this ...
BSH 2026 Community Draft Board, No. 32: Casey Mutryn is an interesting project
We’ve made it to the end of the line, folks! Over the last month and a half, we’ve worked our way through our very own ranking of the top-32 prospects in this draft, and today we’re rounding it out with our final profile, getting to known Casey Mutryn. Another interesting wing prospect out of the NTDP, Mutryn isn’t a hugely flashy player, but his foundational size and fierceness in him game give him a higher floor than a number of the other prospects in and around this same range, and wit...
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