Official 2019 Draft Thread

[Embiid]

If by chance Chicago gets Hughes and we get number 2....I'm going to light my house on fire.

 

[Magua]

Feel here is similar, watched another shift by shift on YouTube, too (from Sept). I see a bit of Stone in his game, which is why I think he would be a very good winger. Not sayin he is as good in the dzone, that would be unfair.

Hmmm it's not an uninteresting comparison in certain ways, if you played him on the wing, which I'm not saying NEEDS to be done, as I think he has interesting qualities as a power center. But we know Stone is a mediocre skater and was way worse at age 17. Whereas Cozens is and projects as a plus skater at his size; he's way more fluid and athletic in general.

But Stone is definitely an archetype of the "whole is greater" type player. Don't think he has the best hands, certainly not dynamic. But he has brilliant hockey sense and so many masterfully subtle qualities on top of good skill. Maybe Cozens can be that type of player too. Their games with the puck really do have some similarities now that I think on it. And I'm a big fan of Cozens' hockey IQ. I feel like I'm selling him to myself the more I talk and think about him lol. I guess my only point was that at #3-5 you hope for a Pettersson or Heiskanen or Marner or Jones.......a real superstar......but it doesn't always work that way. Not every draft has that. If he ended up a Mark Stone-type with better wheels, that's a beast of a player and not far off. I do think last year's 3-10 general area impressed me more than this year's though.

 

[gertbfrobe16]

If by chance Chicago gets Hughes and we get number 2....I'm going to light my house on fire.

look out for number 1.....but don't step in number 2.

 

[dingbathero]

If by chance Chicago gets Hughes and we get number 2....I'm going to light my house on fire..

Make sure it looks like an accident. Have great insurance.

 

[Outlaw Samurai]

If by chance Chicago gets Hughes and we get number 2....I'm going to light my house on fire.

I mean, I might kick a puppy or two but I'd be pretty happy with Kakko. Although the irony would burn my ass for sure.

 

[Dicky Dangles]

Any idea which of the top prospects have a reasonable shot of making an NHL roster next year, other than the obvious answer of Hughes and Kakko? I'm impatient and want whatever guy we pick to contribute next year.

 

[dats81]

Any idea which of the top prospects have a reasonable shot of making an NHL roster next year, other than the obvious answer of Hughes and Kakko? I'm impatient and want whatever guy we pick to contribute next year.

Hextall is no longer in charge and therefore anyone picked in the top-5 would most likely play for the Flyers that season.
It helps that almost any of the projected top-10 picks other than Hughes appear to have NHL bodies.

 

[Chinatown88]

The Jack Hughes thread makes my head hurt.

 

[ValeriKamensky]

Top-5 right now for me:
1. Jack Hughes
2. Kaapo Kakko
3. Kirby Dach
4. Peyton Krebs
5. Vasily Podkolzin

There is not many hype on Krebs but from what I saw he has elite skillset. Reminds me mix of Artemi Panarin and Viktor Arvidsson. Dylan Cozens has size and his shooting abilities probably better than Krebs, but except this Peyton has more strong sides

 

[AndHeMissedTheNet]

If by chance Chicago gets Hughes and we get number 2....I'm going to light my house on fire.

i mean, i get why you'd have this opinion, but i've been thinking about it and... based off the overwhelming centre depth in the flyers farm system, isn't a Kakko-type player what they really need?

 

[Rebels57]

Podkolzin intrigues me from what I saw in the WJC.

 

[FLYguy3911]

https://www.tsn.ca/craig-s-list-hughes-stays-ahead-of-kakko-after-world-juniors-1.1237475

 

[Outlaw Samurai]

Podkolzin intrigues me from what I say in the WJC.

I knew I liked you for a reason..we're leading the Podkolzin bandwagon

 

[FlyerNutter]

Podkolzin intrigues me from what I say in the WJC.

Yup.

I won’t pretend to know a lot about these prospects, but that would be my guy if that don’t get top 2.

 

[Embiid]

i mean, i get why you'd have this opinion, but i've been thinking about it and... based off the overwhelming centre depth in the flyers farm system, isn't a Kakko-type player what they really need?

To me it would be the irony most of all but I suppose Kakko would be a way better consolation than JVR when Chicago got Kane but I still want Hughes.... We can trade our center depth....like G maybe before we waste him completely and leverage him to round out the roster in other needed areas . I doubt though we get either 1 or 2...….still convinced we cashed in our luck with the Patrick pick. Gonna keep saying it as reverse psychology....

We need a damn immediate impact player...….

 

[sa cyred]

Podkolzin intrigues me from what I saw in the WJC.

Yea seems like a lot of people are slowly moving him up (he was pretty high already) but now many having him at 3 over Cozens. Seems pretty dynamic with the puck.

 

[Outlaw Samurai]

I see Buttons has him at 3 and challenging Kakko for 2 along with Cozens.

 

[daynus]

To me it would be the irony most of all but I suppose Kakko would be a way better consolation than JVR when Chicago got Kane but I still want Hughes.... We can trade our center depth....like G maybe before we waste him completely and leverage him to round out the roster in other needed areas . I doubt though we get either 1 or 2...….still convinced we cashed in our luck with the Patrick pick. Gonna keep saying it as reverse psychology....

We need a damn immediate impact player...….

Totally agree. If we lose to Chicago in lotto like 07 even at 3 I’d nab Podkolzin then Cozens at 4.

 

[Dicky Dangles]

We missed out on Kane and that's haunted us ever since. It's shoved in our face that Gaudreau grew up a Flyers fan. We deserve a tiny, yet great, player on this team. That tiny, great player is Jack Hughes.

 

[Dicky Dangles]

This Nolan Hatrick name doesn't seem to be working out all that great so far, so I'm going to change it to another lame player pun according to whoever we get first in the draft. I'm hoping for something like "Hughes Clues" or "Kakko the Walk," but I'll settle for "iPodkolzin" or "What up, Cozens?"

 

[Appleyard]

 

[SanBlom]

May be crazy, but I still have Cozens at 2. Love his game!

 

[Outlaw Samurai]

Saw this on twitter. Podkolzin goal vs Dynamo SPb.

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

If the Flyers draft Dylan Cozens, there will be two in Philly sports... I'm sure this joke has been made though.

 

[SanBlom]

If the Flyers draft Dylan Cozens, there will be two in Philly sports... I'm sure this joke has been made though.

Yes sir. Was actually going to post a picture of him with my post