Asked what he saw in his first extended look at Flyers prospect Oskar Lindblom, whom is expected to grab one of the open forwards positions come September Hakstol said, "Just growth. When you see the completeness of his game. The skill package."
The former Flyers winger spent the past three seasons working for the Penguins, who promoted Mark Recchi as his replacement.
The Pittsburgh Penguins didn't look very far for assistant coach Rick Tocchet's replacement after he left to take the head coaching job with the Arizona Coyotes.
it is his hockey IQ and love of the perfectly laid pass that makes Morgan Frost a player any Big 5 fan might appreciate. Last season, an emergent one for him in which he climbed towards the top of the draft boards, Frost had 42 assists to go with 20 goals over 67 games.
"I bring new people in the house and it's always, `Who's that chiseled lady on the wall?' `Who's the jacked guy up there?' That's my mom and dad."
Isaac Ratcliffe and Matthew Strome added some excited to Development Camp.
There are three notable Russian forwards in the Flyers Development Camp this week: German Rubtsov, Mikhail Vorobyev and Ivan Kosorenkov.
The Flyers are among the NHL's smallest. According to James Mirtle's annual ranking of teams by size and weight, the Flyers were the shortest, and the third lightest in the entire league when the 2016-2017 season began. Which is one huge reason they had such trouble collecting those "greasy goals''...
For a scoring starved team - which the Flyers were last season - defenseman Travis Sanheim's strong AHL finish might warrant a promotion. His path though appears to be impeded or blocked - at least right now - by two of his more seasoned Phantoms teammates - Robert Hagg and Samuel Morin.
Anyone panicked about the Flyers' No. 1 draft pick and his recent injuries should calm down. He'll have time to recover, and he's not missing much by sitting out this weekend's development camp.
Nolan Patrick said he sensed his recent surgery would cause him to fall to No. 2 in the draft, but isn't concerned with coming back completely healthy.
Once among Canada's most touted future stars and 2016 second-round draft pick of the Flyers, there was every reason in the world for Laberge's productivity to fall sharply after the dirty hit last October that rendered him unconscious.
The safe answer is the Eagles, but there's another Philly team that will make the playoffs in the coming season.
Carter Hart, the most touted and anticipated Flyers goaltender in a system full of them has been focused on the mental side of the game since he was 10.
