my thoughts
michkov steal at 7th
drafted two 17 year old goalies
drafted former flyer mike knubles son i always liked mike knuble
we already got a couple promising LD prospects already then added grans and now bonk+sotheran+mann to fill out that right side pool is nice to see
bonks a bit lanky at 180 but he said hes got to fill out so sotheran looks pretty filled out at 202 6'3 and mann is a monster 6' 6" 230lbs sam morin was 6'6 202 for comparison
the forwards we drafted are fairly small guys tallest was 6ft

info and stats of the prospects drafted this year
1st round
7th Matvei Michkov RW 5' 10"185lb 18years old HK Sochi KHL 27gp 9g 11a 20p
22 Oliver Bonk RD 6' 2"180lb 18yo London Knights OHL 67gp 10g 30a 40p +17
2nd round
51 Carson Bjarnason G 6' 3" 190lb 17yo Brandon Wheat Kings WHL 47gp 3.08gaa .900sv% 3SO 21-19-5
3rd round
87 Yegor Zavragin G 6' 2"183lb 17yo Mamonty Yugry MHL 21gp 2.49gaa .92sv% 1 SO 11-6-1
95 Denver Barkey C 5' 9"155lb 18yo London Knights OHL 61gp 22g 37a 59p +18
4th round
103 Cole Knuble C 5' 10" 185lb 17yo Fargo Force “A” USHL 57gp 30g 36a 66p +31
120 Alex Ciernik LW 5' 10" 174lb 18yo Södertälje SK J20 18gp 9g 12a 21p- Södertälje SK+Västerviks IK HockeyAllsvenskan 25gp 3g 9a 12p
5th round
135 Carter Sotheran RD 6' 3" 202lb 18yo Portland Winterhawks WHL 68gp 4g 19a 23p +14
6th round
172 Ryan Macpherson C 6' 0" 167lb 18yo Leamington Flyers “A” GOJHL 49gp 25g 36a 61p -going to be playing in the BCHL next season it looks like
7th round
199 Matteo Mann D 6' 6" 230lb 18yo RD Chicoutimi Saguenéens QMJHL 45gp 0g 5a 5p -draft commentators said hes a defensive d man so his stats aren't flashy and he big

This post was edited by dragoneth on Jun 29 2023 12:34pm

Cole Knuble have any relation to Mike Knuble?

His son

clearly read my post right above this
"drafted former flyer mike knubles son i always liked mike knuble"

This post was edited by dragoneth on Jun 29 2023 06:53pm

Terrible comprehension on my part lol.

Thought the thumbs up was for Mitchkov when I skimmed through.

https://theathletic.com/4575346/2023/06/13/nhl-draft-2023-ranking-wheeler/
some guy at the athletic made a 2023 draft top prospects list i guess

michkov #2 on the list
bonk #41
barkey #83
bjarnasson #89

not really sure who he is but nice to see 4 flyers prospects on there i guess

Flyers Sign Alexis Gendron to Three-Year Entry-Level Contract
https://www.nhl.com/flyers/news/flyers-sign-alexis-gendron-to-three-year-entry-level-contract/c-345433706
this guy was 7th round pick and he got traded mid season and went from 29GP 1.1 ppg/.75goals per game to 34GP 1.38ppg and .97gpg in and had 14g in 13 playoff games
seems like he can score goals finishing 2nd in the QMJHL and finished 14th in pts if he played with the 2nd team all season he likely could have been a top 10 guy in points and was only 3 goals back from top guy

https://www.nhl.com/news/philadelphia-flyers-roster-changes-for-2023-24-season/c-345363614?tid=281072352
Projected lineup
Scott Laughton -- Sean Couturier -- Travis Konecny
Joel Farabee -- Morgan Frost -- Owen Tippett
Cam Atkinson -- Noah Cates -- Tyson Foerster
Nicolas Deslauriers -- Ryan Poehling -- Garnet Hathaway

Cam York -- Marc Staal
Travis Sanheim -- Rasmus Ristolainen
Nick Seeler -- Sean Walker

Carter Hart
Samuel Ersson

adam kimelmans projected line up
i could see foerster/atkinson maybe playing off wing and sliding into a top 6 LW but i think they would knock out laughton more then farabee
interesting with york-staal 1st pair i was wondering if that's what the plan was to pair him with a vet guy like staal

no flyers game day 1

so how about them flyers sitting 2nd in the metro

prospect update
Denver Barkey (C) London Knights OHL 29gp 17a 27a 44p
Massimo Rizzo (C) Univ. of Denver NCAA 18gp 7g 24a 31p
Oliver Bonk (D) London Knights OHL 28gp 6g 24a 30p
Matvei Michkov (RW) HK Sochi KHL 29gp 11g 15a 26p
Cutter Gauthier (LW/C) Boston College NCAA 17gp 13g 10a 23p
Bryce Brodzinski (RW) Univ. of Minnesota NCAA 18gp 10g 9a 19p
Owen McLaughlin (C) Univ. of North Dakota NCAA 17gp 4g 11a 15p
Samu Tuomaala (RW) Lehigh Valley Phantoms AHL 26gp 7g 16a 23p
Olle Lycksell (W/C) Lehigh Valley Phantoms AHL 21gp 12g 7a 19p
Elliot Desnoyers (LW) Lehigh Valley Phantoms AHL 22gp 4g 6 a 10p
Alexis Gendron (RW/C) Lehigh Valley Phantoms AHL 14gp 4g 0a

Alexei Kolosov Dinamo Minsk KHL 26gp 2.34 .909
Yegor Zavragin Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk VHL 7 1.27 .952
Mamonty Yugry MHL 9 1.63 .945


rizzo+brodzinski are overages but seem to be putting up pretty solid numbers rizzo leads the ncaa in points
tuomaalo putting up solid #s in his first ahl season
lycksell bit older but still a prospect at 24 putting up solid ahl numbers
was hoping to see more from desnoyer he had a strong season last year
gendron seems like a goal scorer hoping to see him net a good amount but hes only 19 so hes got time to figure it out still

good riddance gauthier


jonesy and briere said this has been an ongoing saga, not an overnight thing.
made the deal while his value was at his highest, and it makes sense coming off the wjc.

he didn't want to be here, doesn't sound like too many people within the org are too bent out of shape about it. torts said it best, we don't want you. sanheim relayed the same type message.


i know absolutely nothing about the kid from Anaheim. right handed d man. 6th overall pick in 2020. plus a 2nd.


as for this season, it has been enjoyable to say the least(minus tonight).
torts has these guys playing hard. both goalies have been good, tk been good. glad to see tippett playing well also.