Official 2017 NHL Draft Thread (Part III): FLYERS AWARDED THE SECOND PICK

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Post-draw conversation

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https://www.nhl.com/news/nhl-draft-first-pick-goes-to-new-jersey-devils/c-289159762

TORONTO -- The New Jersey Devils will have the No. 1 pick in the 2017 NHL Draft after winning the NHL Draft Lottery on Saturday.

The Philadelphia Flyers were awarded the No. 2 pick, and the Dallas Stars have the No. 3 selection. The Devils, who had an 8.5 percent chance of winning the lottery, will be picking No. 1 for the first time.

The Colorado Avalanche, which had the best odds to win the lottery, will pick No. 4, the Vancouver Canucks will pick No. 5, and the Vegas Golden Knights will pick No. 6.*
The Flyers moved up from No. 13; the Stars moved up from No. 8.

The NHL Draft will be held at United Center in Chicago on June 23 and 24.

The winner likely will use the pick to select center Nolan Patrick of Brandon in the Western Hockey League or center Nico Hischier of Halifax in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.*

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The Philadelphia Flyers have won the second overall pick in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft after the NHL Draft Lottery was held this evening in Toronto.

The Flyers held a 2.4 percent chance of receiving the second overall selection in the draft through the weighted lottery after finishing 19th among all NHL teams this season.

They jumped ahead of 11 other teams with the lottery win and will be "on the clock" after the New Jersey Devils selects first overall on June 23 at Chicago.

This is just the second time in franchise history that the Flyers will have the No. 2 overall pick, previously selecting James van Riemsdyk in the 2007 NHL Draft.

Additionally, the Flyers have only had six draft picks in their history that have been in the Top 5 of a draft, with four of those six selections prior to 1991:

• 1967 - 5 (Serge Bernier)
• 1975 - 1 (Mel Bridgman)
• 1982 - 4 (Ron Sutter)
• 1990 - 4 (Mike Ricci)
• 2002 - 4 (Joni Pitkanen)
• 2007 - 2 (James van Riemsdyk)

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[Chicken Chaser]

YES!!! my scratch off luck paid off!

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

Hisch is ours! DO IT!

 

[flyerstime]

Think we might trade down and acquire more picks??

 

[Domino666]

Did this really happen?!?!? Lol

 

[tictactoe]

we will draft 32nd too? We must move up.

 

[2Claude2Giroux]

Trust the ****ing Process

 

[None Shall Pass]

Devils fan coming in peace:

Congratulations on an incredibly huge jump, wow.

 

[Based Anime Fan]

*Coming in peace*

Who ever we don't take, you do. And with the top-2 this year, is that much of an issue?

 

[SuchySays]

What a night.

 

[Dabest]

surely hextall will take his pick of hischier or patrick? cant see anything else happening, nor would i like to see anything else happen

 

[AndHeMissedTheNet]

What the ****ing ****

the flyers are going to get nolan patrick or nico hischier

 

[JojoTheWhale]

Like Magua said, all that thought into creating star charts about who could be there at 13 and whether moving up or down is out the window. Hilarious.

Is there a point in debating Hischier vs Patrick? We need something to talk about.

 

[Dialamo]

Grats to you guys, both our franchises won BIGLY tonight!

 

[Alex91]

I'm happy that they moved from 13 to 2, but a little salty that this year isn't as great as many in the past. It really changes the off season plan.

 

[Philadelphia Ducks]

we will draft 32nd too? We must move up.

Do we? I thought the lotto was just for first round. Crazy if it's every round.

 

[Lord Defect]

Woo!

 

[hellstick]

we will draft 32nd too? We must move up.

no. Second round doesn't work that way.

A begrudging congratulations to you all.

 

[Stizzle]

I'm still in shock.

 

[Hurricane28]

I am on cloud 9. This is incredible. Exactly what the franchise needed.

 

[Jack de la Hoya]

Think we might trade down and acquire more picks??

Absolutely not.

The biggest organizational need is a future 1C. The top two prospects fit the bill.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

 

[GKJ]

Grats to you guys, both our franchises won BIGLY tonight!

Respect

 

[whitstifier]

Is there a reason to assume that NJ will take Patrick?

 

[OmNomNom]

spreading love around. this is prob the happiest we'll be for each other like... ever. LOL