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In his pre-draft media availability on Thursday, Hextall did say that right now, the plan is to keep and use both picks.
In related pieces on The Players Tribune, former Flyer Dan Carcillo provided a message by video and fellow former Flyer Nick Boynton in a written article about their struggles with the effects of traumatic brain injuries.
Last season, with an increased roll in the lineup, Konecny impressed, nearly doubling his point total from his rookie season. While he still made mistakes at times, he improved in his second year with the team, showing he can be a first line winger.
Assistant GM Chris Pryor certainly has an understanding of the importance of the NHL Draft and its role in Hextall’s plan for building a championship-caliber team. With the draft quickly approaching, Pryor discussed the team’s approach to the draft and the scenarios that come on the night of the first round.
For the fourth straight season, the Flyers will play at the home of their AHL affiliate, the Lehigh Valley Phantoms, hosting the New York Islanders on Friday, Sept. 21 from PPL Center at 7:05 p.m.
The Memorial Cup title game featured the QMJHL Champion Acadie-Bathurst Titan against the host Regina Pats. Acadie-Bathurst, and Flyers prospect German Rubtsov, finished off a tremendous playoff run, winning the Memorial Cup with a 3-0 victory.
The Marlies scored early in the third period to break a 1-1 tie and took Game 4 by a score of 3-1, completing a sweep of the series to head to the Calder Cup Final. The Phantoms season came to an end.
The Flyers core is continuing to evolve and transition, and as the future starts to become the present, the core is no longer just the three top players any longer.
Sam Morin left Game 4 of the Phantoms series against Charlotte and it was confirmed that he is out with a torn ACL. The timeline for his return puts him on track to be available around February 2019, several months into the upcoming season.
Matthew Strome and the Hamilton Bulldogs won two of three Round-Robin games to advance to Friday night’s semi-final. German Rubtsov and the Acadie-Bathurst Titan also won two of three games and by virtue of goal differential tiebreakers, advanced automatically to Sunday’s Championship Game.
