Isaiah, Chef, and Dan return, joined by Flyers insider Bill Meltzer (hockeyhotstove.com), to preview the Philadelphia Flyers’ Rookie Camp. We discuss key rookies to watch, the exhibition schedule, new NHL rules and their potential impact on Jett Luchanko. We also remember Ken Dryden, cover the AHL trade involving JR Avon, the Happy Valley Showdown, and more!
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If Luchanko can be a 50% Adam Oates it would be a great thing!!! I truly feel he is the perfect center if both of his wingers are studs which is what we have potentially with M&M (Michkov & Martone)… Imo, given how the draft fell, the Flyers have become a wing-studded team so let's work with that and surround them with good skating high-IQ centerman which Jett can become along with possibly Nesbitt down the road and Zegras now… So a the protypical "1C" may not necessarily be a "MUST" for this team if your STARS are wingers…But a 1D is indeed a MUST so hopefully they can get luck in the draft and get Verhoeff or Quinn Hughes as a FA in 2027 😉
This is not directed as an insult to anyone on the panel but rather a bit of a venting to the industry as a whole: I'm 1 million percent tired of everyones hot takes. I could not care less what any hockey news guy has to say about his personal ranking of anything. Media has become so lazy. Its all about assuming that listeners and viewers care about their opinion. And sometimes they are not wrong because worse yet those opinions often affect the brain dead portion of the fan base. Do you remember how many angry Flyer fans there were about picking Laughton over Maata? He was years climbing out from under the hate and it was completely undeserved. And guess who actually ended up have a pretty darn great career? So we get all worked up because 2 guys who make their living from underoo commercials said we need to be mad that we didn't pick Matta. Its pathetic. Could Luchenko be a bust? Maybe. But MAYBE NOT too. To be mad at what has not happened yet or "rank" someone at 30 because his teammates are garbage is pathetic. Do writers actually think their "rankings" affect how a player trains or performs on the ice? How about instead of this hottake rubbish actually REPORT. Find out who has been training where, how surgeries are recovering (like what the great Bill did with regards to Forrester), who is living with who, "if we can average this save percentage this year we have a x percentage chance at a playoff spot" and other actual real news instead of acting like NHL scouts are total morons and you at the dying news outlets are the geniuses. Ever wonder why Twitter is the biggest new source on earth? Because we are desperate for actual NEWS AND FACTS like "so and so signed" and so and "player x not reporting to camp." The "I'm mad at Briere because the podunk journal of spazoids told me on youtube that Nesbitt was the 43rd best in the draft" needs to end. Stop it.
Nikita nope needs more proof in AHL was on 1st line in playoffs and was meh, Barkey nope, Bonk nope, London is a powerhouse now lets see them play with men, Bump likely, Jett likely to make the team. Both showed they can play with men. Jett is still young so he's less likely but unless he is getting traded from Guelph he needs to go NHL. He had 6 points in 7 games with Lehigh. WE dont need him to score goals if he can feed wingers he can be an assist god, he plays a good 2 way game. And just turned 19