Prospect Info: Round 2, Pick 54: Emil Andrae, D, HV71 (SHL)

[Captain Dave Poulin]

What a disgraceful pick, absolute nightmare selection. Fire Fletcher, Fire Gritty, Fire Giroux, Fire the sound man.

Burn the house down.

I don't know why you always want to fire everyone. You have a bad attitude.

 

[GapToothedWonder]

smöl

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

GREEN GREEN IRISH SPRING GREEN GREEN

32th

Great Soap!

 

[Striiker]

Thirty Tooth.

I'll give them a pass on that since English isn't their first language.

It's guys like Meltzer, Carchidi, etc who have no excuse.

 

[Appleyard]

But can he switch to being a RHD? That would be nice.

He has played both sides already in SHL.

 

[BritainStix]

I don't know why you always want to fire everyone. You have a bad attitude.

You know what? You're fired too!

 

[Dicky Dangles]

smol

smol PP QB?

 

[WIP CALLER]

Seems like he's the complete opposite of other certain 2nd round swede defenseman(or should I say defensemen) we've selected in years past so I like the pick a lot.

 

[GapToothedWonder]

smol PP QB?

maybe in some smolboi league in europe

 

[Appleyard]

 

[CowboyDan]

Seems like he's the complete opposite of other certain 2nd round swede defenseman(or should I say defensemen) we've selected in years past so I like the pick a lot.

Mirrorverse Ginning.

 

[Magua]

So, a sort of sniper in the 1st and an undersized puck mover in the 2nd. Well, you can’t say the draft philosophies haven’t been tweaked. Flyers give no cares about skating either.

My concern would be: he looks pretty filled out. That’s a positive for his physical defensive game, and I am more than content with undersized skill players, and I’d gamble on this archetype. But especially for a defenseman, you need to be able to skate. At least be 4-way quick. Is he just a heavy skater or is there room for projectable improvement?

Will also be curious to see how Anton Johannesson vs. Emil Andre track. I have nothing to really evaluate, but you need to be correct on guys who play together.

 

[FlyguyOX]

I like going for the high upside pick

 

[The Madrigal]

Charlie O'Connor [URL='https://twitter.com/charlieo_conn']@charlieo_conn 13m[/URL]
Some Andrae rankings: Pronman: 32 Wheeler: 21 EP Rinkside: 52 Smaht Scouting: 19 Seems like a pretty solid value selection at 54!
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Alexander Appleyard
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He is fantastic. Over P/GP in SHL pre-season. Already playing #2-3 mins in SHL and on PP (points will come soon)

 

[flyerslducks]

size on the blueline shouldn't be an issue when we have sanheim, Myers, provorov, zamula. york and andrae should be our future ghosts/spurgeon/krug type players

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

Hopefully we can be patient with this kid. In about eight years, we can healthy-scratch him in the playoffs, torpedo his value, and then trade him for an underwhelming return.

 

[DancingPanther]

I'm always for non-floor picks so it gets a pass here

 

[MorgantiDrinksBlood]

Hopefully we can be patient with this kid. In about eight years, we can healthy-scratch him in the playoffs, torpedo his value, and then trade him for an underwhelming return.

I love it when you talk dirty

 

[Larry44]

@Appleyard please speak

He's still swept away in the throes of passion!

 

[Magua]

I think there’s also a very high likelihood that Ginning becomes Andrae’s best friend in the organization.

 

[Appleyard]

I think there’s also a very high likelihood that Ginning becomes Andrae’s best friend in the organization.

They should trade up to draft Nybeck.

Then have 3x 1st round talents in the draft.

And Nybeck and Andrae are in the same room right now haha. Very close.

 

[FLYguy3911]

When I heard HV71 I thought they were taking Nybeck.

 

[Flybynite]

I always want the Flyers to go after Swedish/Finnish offensively-minded defensemen so yay.

 

[bennysflyers16]

I think there’s also a very high likelihood that Ginning becomes Andrae’s best friend in the organization.

Thats funny

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

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Offensive defender headed to Philly

Emil Andrae - NHL Player Page

October 7, 2020
Andrae was drafted 54th overall by the Flyers at the 2020 NHL Entry Draft on Wednesday.

ANALYSIS
Andrae is another in a long line of undersized, offensive defensemen available in this draft. His creativity with the puck and ability to find open teammates make him an extremely intriguing long-term option for Philadelphia, but none of that will matter if Andrae's play in his own zone doesn't improve. He tends to get pushed off the puck by opposing forwards due to a lack of upper-body strength. And as it stands right now, he'd have to play sheltered minutes at even strength. Andrae will continue to develop with the HV71 program in his native Sweden.