FLYERS' DRAFT PICKS CAPSULES

NICK COUSINS

Round: 3 (68th overall)

Position: Center

Age: 17 (July 20, 1993)

Height: 5-11

Weight: 170 pounds

Hometown: Belleville, Ontario, Canada

The scoop: Cousins is a smallish but scrappy forward who really developed into a solid scorer in the OHL with Sault Ste. Marie last season, jumping from 32 points in 2009-10 to 68 last season in the same amount of games.

Outlook: Not even 18 years old yet, Cousins will spend at least another year or 2 in the OHL. He could turn out to be a Mark Recchi-type player.

The kid says: "I'm thrilled to be part of the Flyers organization," Cousins said. "I think I bring a lot of grit to my game as well, which suits their game. But I think I have some skill, too. I think I have a playmaking ability and an offensive upside that not many people may have. I think it's a good fit. I just can't wait to get started."

The GM says: "Energy player, good skills, speed. Highly competitive kid," GM Paul Holmgren said. "One of those guys that gets under the other team's skin, too. I don't know if he's as skilled as Steve Downie, maybe Dan Carcillo, but he's an agitating kind of guy."

COLIN SUELLENTROP

Round: 4 (116th overall)

Position: Defense

Age: 18 (June 10, 1993)

Height: 6-1

Weight: 190 pounds

Hometown: Plantation, Fla.

The scoop: Suellentrop is a classic stay-at-home defenseman. His numbers - 14 points last year with the Oshawa Generals (OHL) - may not jump off the page but they don't tell the whole story.

Outlook: Suellentrop has some work to do but could turn out to be a solid defenseman in the mold of New Jersey's Colin White.

The scouts say: "While Suellentrop certainly profiles as a physical, shut-down type, he will need to become a bit meaner and use his size in front of the net. He also will need to improve his positional defense, as at times he can get caught flat-footed by forwards attacking off the rush. But on the plus side, his offensive game started to make strides later in the year and he even began to use that mobility by skating the puck out of his own zone, instead of making simple chip plays. He'll likely have to play on Oshawa's top pairing next year [because of graduations] so that makes him a likely breakout candidate given the improvements he made this year."- From the OHL Prospect Blog, which ranked him 50th among Top 50 OHL Prospects.

The GM says: "He's a stay-at-home defenseman. He's aggressive, not fighting tough, but aggressive tough," Holmgren said. "He's OK with the puck. A good skater. Big body. And a right shot, which we haven't had for a while."

MARCEL NOEBELS

Round: 4 (118th overall)

Position: Forward

Age: 19 (March 14,1 992)

Height: 6-2

Weight: 205 pounds

Hometown: Toenisvorst, Germany

The scoop: One of the best import players in Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL) history. Racked up 54 points in 66 games. Finished ranked as 49th best European skater in the Central Scouting rankings. Noebels was the second German picked in the draft, just four pucks behind countryman Tobias Rieder.

Outlook: Noebels isn't a very flashy player but he is a power forward in the making.

The kid says: "I actually had the most contact with the Flyers. I was thinking I might get picked by Philadelphia. We had a good talk at the Combine," Noebels said. "I think I learned a lot [in the WHL], I think it was the right decision to come over here [to North America], it was to get drafted higher. I think I had a good year. It was hard. I missed my family and my friends sometimes, but I went this way to play in the NHL. I'd say I'm a power forward who goes to the net hard, plays hard every game. I think that's what the Flyers are looking for."

The GM says: "Very big kid. Good hands. Played for the Germany World Junior team," Holmgren said. "He actually had a pretty good year in Seattle, numbers-wise. I think he's still filling out and growing into his body. I think his foot speed needs to pick up a little bit. But he wants to play in the NHL. He's a nice kid, with lots of life. I know he's been telling a lot of people he wants to be a Flyer, so that's good."

PETR PLACEK

Round: 6 (176th overall)

Position: Forward

Age: 19 (Dec. 28, 1992)

Height: 6-4

Weight: 200

Hometown: Rakovnik, Czech Republic

The scoop: Placek, a natvive of the Czech Republic, is a bit of a sleeper out of the Hotchkiss School in Connecticut. He is a big winger who chipped in with 16 goals in 24 games for Hotchkiss in an elite prep school league. Placek is not known for his speed but is raved about for his hockey smarts and big-game presence.

Outlook: Placek will enroll at Harvard this fall to play for Ted Donato.

The GM says: "[The pick] is more of a projection on him. He's another big kid with skill and good hands. He's a decent skater right now. Who knows. When you have a guy that's going to college, you basically get all of those years to watch him. Harvard's a pretty good program."

DEREK MATHERS

Round: 7 (206th overall)

Position: Right wing

Age: 18 (Aug. 4, 1993)

Height: 6-3

Weight: 230 pounds

Hometown: Strathroy, Ontario, Canada

The scoop: Mathers posted just five points in 55 games last season for Peterborough (OHL), but he has an edge in his game by racking up 171 penalty minutes. He was one of the premier heavyweights in the OHL last season, dropping the mitts 27 different times.

Outlook: An enforcer type player who could make a living in the NHL on a fourth line.