Grading Danny Briere's First Season & NHL Draft Lottery Deep Dive
Also, Flyers player grades for Cam Atkinson and Marc Staal and looking at prospect Carter Yakemchuk.
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Flyers Potential 2024 Draft Picks: Carter Yakemchuk
May 13, 2024 by Justin Giampietro (Premium THW Flyers Substack Content)
The Philadelphia Flyers are officially locked into the 12th overall pick for the 2024 NHL draft. What makes this class so unique is that there isn’t a significant drop-off in terms of prospects after Macklin Celebrini, Ivan Demidov, and perhaps Artyom Levshunov. Whether the Flyers were picking fourth or twelfth, there isn’t too big of a difference.
NHL Draft Lottery Deep Dives: Flyers Have 12th Overall Pick
May 11, 2024 by Ethan Carter and Dayton Reimer (Premium THW Flyers Substack Content)
After an uneventful draft lottery, the Philadelphia Flyers will hold the 12th overall pick at the 2024 Draft. This is their third consecutive season with a pick in the lottery, but the lowest in that time.
Grading Danny Briere’s First Season as Flyers’ GM
May 11, 2024 by Justin Giampietro
On May 11, 2023, Danny Briere officially became the general manager (GM) of the Philadelphia Flyers after being in an interim role during the prior two months. Since then, he has been quite a busy figure. Entering a rebuild as a first-year GM is never easy, but that’s the task he was presented with.
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Flyers 2023-24 Player Grades: Marc Staal
May 11, 2024 by Justin Giampietro
In this edition of our 2023-24 Philadelphia Flyers player grading series, we take a look at 37-year-old defenseman Marc Staal. Signed to a one-year contract by general manager (GM) Danny Briere, he seems to have served his purpose. What grade does he deserve?
Flyers 2023-24 Player Grades: Cam Atkinson
May 10, 2024 by Justin Giampietro
In this edition of our 2023-24 Philadelphia Flyers player grading series, we take a look at 34-year-old winger Cam Atkinson. Unfortunately, he had one of the worst seasons of his career for Philadelphia. What grade does he deserve?