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Alex Appleyard's preferred options for the Flyers in Round 2

June 26, 2024

Feb 7, 2024; Plymouth, MI, USA; USAs Cole Hutson (23) skates up ice with the puck against Finland during the third period of the 2024 U18s Five Nations Tournament at USA Hockey Arena. Mandatory Credit: David Reginek-USA TODAY Sports

The Philadelphia Flyers.
Second round picks.
Two entities that don’t have the friendliest of histories.
While over the last 30 years of Flyers history the team actually has a very respectable record in terms of drafting in the first round, the second round has been less kind to them. One can go all the way back to Bob Clarke’s second stint as Flyers GM, and it would be hard to utilize second round picks worse than the Flyers actually have.
From 1994-2018 -- 25 drafts -- the Flyers took 17 players in the second round, due to Clarke and Paul Holmgren’s predilection for moving those picks for rentals. Of those 17 picks? Andreas Nödl, Anthony Stolarz, Robert Hägg, Carter Hart and Nicolas Aube-Ku...

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