LD Cam York - Univ. of Michigan, NCAA (2019, 14th, PHI)

[kducks]

We're trying our best in Anaheim, big ups to the Anaheim Ducks for their development in the area.

Two Jr. Ducks taken in the first round, plus Ryan Johnson played for the Ducks High School hockey league. Pretty awesome for our local boys!

 

[Sasso09]

The rabid masses on Flyers twitter are freaking out because they passed on Caufield.

As they should, Caufield is what they needed

 

[Sasso09]

Absolutely disappointed in this pick. Flyers went for need instead of BPA.

Seriously, why are the flyers allergic to goal scorers? They like players that can do everything to help score goals, but not score themselves.

Oh well, now we can lose 4-1 instead of 5-1

Agtee, outside of Gagne and Carter I can't think of a legit sniper they've drafted or had in the last 25 years

 

[Addison Rae]

Grats Philly, great pick. Huge fan of York, criminally underrated. He reminds me of Markov in a lot of ways.

I know we don’t get along, but I agree York is going to be an excellent defender, I had him just outside my top 10.

 

[Tobias Kahun]

Best passer in the draft from the D position.

 

[Breeze 44]

The rabid masses on Flyers twitter are freaking out because they passed on Caufield.

When don't they ... never happy... Half the fans make it hard to be a fan. In Philly there is the thrill of victory and the agony of reading about it the next day.
I'm fine with the pick, can't wait to watch him develop and let's see. Saw his NHL comparable was Mark Giordano, let's hope right?

 

[Whalers Fan]

No luck for you!

Actually, it worked out fine for the Habs, as I didn't expect Caufield to still be available. I would have been happy with York at #15, but am even more pleased with Caufield.

 

[FlyguyOX]

A LHD who might not even play in the NHL till 2022-23 is not a "need" for the Flyers.

They currently have 5 LHD aged 26 or less on the roster.

Prospect pipeline need. I thought that was obvious but apparently not.

 

[wankstifier]

When don't they ... never happy... Half the fans make it hard to be a fan. In Philly there is the thrill of victory and the agony of reading about it the next day.
I'm fine with the pick, can't wait to watch him develop and let's see. Saw his NHL comparable was Mark Giordano, let's hope right?

Isn’t Giordano pretty physical? Don’t get the sense that York will play with an edge—not to say that’s a bad thing.

 

[wankstifier]

how did they draft for need when their strongest position is LHD? Ghost has to be on his way out to make room for Sanheim on his natural side!

I’m not sure if you realize that Gostisbehere has mostly played RD since his debut? Sanheim was broken in at RD, but he’s better at LD.

Anyway, after the trades, this is a guess on how the defense will look:

Provorov-Niskanen
Sanheim-Braun
Gostisbehere-Myers

Fletcher seems to value LH-RH pairs, however, there’s not much of a rush to trade a defenseman. York is 2 or so seasons from joining the Flyers. I want to see how Provorov rebounds and Myers develops before I’d consider trading any of the top 4. I think Gostisbehere and Sanheim lead the depth chart, though usage isn’t indicative of that

 

[HOPE]

I’m not sure if you realize that Gostisbehere has mostly played RD since his debut? Sanheim was broken in at RD, but he’s better at LD.

Anyway, after the trades, this is a guess on how the defense will look:

Provorov-Niskanen
Sanheim-Braun
Gostisbehere-Myers

Fletcher seems to value LH-RH pairs, however, there’s not much of a rush to trade a defenseman. York is 2 or so seasons from joining the Flyers. I want to see how Provorov rebounds and Myers develops before I’d consider trading any of the top 4. I think Gostisbehere and Sanheim lead the depth chart, though usage isn’t indicative of that

i know all this and still think Ghost is better suited at LHD, so is Sanheim, i'd favorize developping Sanheim to his natural positon and playing Ghost on the third pair is mehh, you'll just remove PP time for Prov and Sanheim! Call me crazy but i realy think Philly will trade him to stabilize the roster! he would also be inVigneault and Therrien's doghouse.

 

[William H Bonney]

Isn’t Giordano pretty physical? Don’t get the sense that York will play with an edge—not to say that’s a bad thing.

I wouldn't say York is physical in the traditional sense but he doesn't shy away from it either. He's got a penchant for delivering some pretty good open ice hits.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

I compare this guy to Keith Yandle, a player that AV significantly underused. I hope AV's still there when York reaches the NHL. It'll be be funny to watch with AV trying to manage the minutes of a player who is comparable to Yandle.

 

[Jacob]

Best passer in the draft from the D position.

Gotta be one of the best skaters too.

 

[Doodootheclown]

 

[NuxFan09]

Lookin' good.

He's in a good program at Michigan so the Flyers can afford to be patient. 2 years of college sounds good to me.

 

[Boxscore]

Saw his NHL comparable was Mark Giordano, let's hope right?

His style and skill set is much more comparable to Keith Yandle than it is Mark Giordano or Andrei Markov. That said, if York ends up Yandle, the Flyers will be thrilled. However, I still think they are crazy for passing on a goal scoring machine who can be the next Alex DeBrincat. Caufield's hands are absolutely gross... dare I say Matthews-like. I'm not saying he will be Matthews, but like DeBrincat, I firmly believe he will be a 40 goal NHLer with gamebreaking sniper ability... something the Flyers haven't had in years or decades even.

 

[FlyRoutine]

His style and skill set is much more comparable to Keith Yandle than it is Mark Giordano or Andrei Markov. That said, if York ends up Yandle, the Flyers will be thrilled. However, I still think they are crazy for passing on a goal scoring machine who can be the next Alex DeBrincat. Caufield's hands are absolutely gross... dare I say Matthews-like. I'm not saying he will be Matthews, but like DeBrincat, I firmly believe he will be a 40 goal NHLer with gamebreaking sniper ability... something the Flyers haven't had in years or decades even.

If the Flyers firmly believed that hes going to be a 40 goal scorer they probably would have drafted him. Also getting Brink alongside a highly talented D prospect like York seems totally fine to me. This combination also helps filling some holes in our prospect pool that tend to develop longer than a pure goalscorer.

 

[NuxFan09]

Yeah I'm a little surprised Philadelphia drafted York given their future on the blueline. However, I guess you don't draft on need right? BPA (in their minds at least).

That, or they're having questions about the young guys they currently have.

 

[Devonator]

His style and skill set is much more comparable to Keith Yandle than it is Mark Giordano or Andrei Markov. That said, if York ends up Yandle, the Flyers will be thrilled. However, I still think they are crazy for passing on a goal scoring machine who can be the next Alex DeBrincat. Caufield's hands are absolutely gross... dare I say Matthews-like. I'm not saying he will be Matthews, but like DeBrincat, I firmly believe he will be a 40 goal NHLer with gamebreaking sniper ability... something the Flyers haven't had in years or decades even.

As a Flyer fan I have to agree...we are already well set with the future of our defense....Why we wouldn't at least take a gamble on a potential sniper is odd to me...true Caufield may amount to nothing and we may have gotten an excellent young D in York...But I still would have swung for the fences and gone with the Sniper!

 

[PhillyFaninMTL]

Yeah I'm a little surprised Philadelphia drafted York given their future on the blueline. However, I guess you don't draft on need right? BPA (in their minds at least).

That, or they're having questions about the young guys they currently have.

Although we have a great young core of defensemen breaking into the NHL, by drafting York, you could actually argue we were drafting for need rather than BPA.

Our prospect pool was full of forwards (Frost, Farabee, Ratcliffe, Rubstov, Allison) but lacked any highly touted D prospects (with Myers expected to graduate)

Would have much rather gone Caufield but trading down + adding Brink definitely softened the blow

 

[ItMe]

Yeah I'm a little surprised Philadelphia drafted York given their future on the blueline. However, I guess you don't draft on need right? BPA (in their minds at least).

That, or they're having questions about the young guys they currently have.

If you look down the road to the expansion draft, there is a chance the Flyers lose one of their young defensemen. York also provides some insurance in that area.

 

[CapnZin]

Isn’t Giordano pretty physical? Don’t get the sense that York will play with an edge—not to say that’s a bad thing.

York “watches” for hits, although he doesn’t have that “edge”. He’s a very smart physical player. He won’t pull a Robert Hagg and chase a hit which brings him out of position. If you put yourself in a position to be hit, he’ll hit you.



Podkokzin isn’t a small player either.

 

[mercury]

Agtee, outside of Gagne and Carter I can't think of a legit sniper they've drafted or had in the last 25 years

Jagr. Lupul had a couple of good goal-scoring seasons, too, but his shot wasn't the greatest.

 

[daa5250]

Prospect pipeline need. I thought that was obvious but apparently not.

Flyers had him ranked the best player. They had him in the 5-8 range ... thats not drafting on need. They simply drafted who they thought was the best player.