Flyers Draft: Charlie's Ten Favorite Prospects After the Blue-Chippers - PHLY Sports

Flyers draft: Charlie's ten favorite prospects after the blue-chippers - PHLY Sports

In the lead-up to the 2025 NHL Draft, there's a simple fact that every director of scouting and NHL general manager -- including Philadelphia Flyers GM Daniel Briere -- knows and accepts: every scout has his (or her) biases. That's not a bug; it's a feature. Every scout has personal preferences, traits that they value over others. It's how knowledgeable hockey people can have different but wholly justifiable opinions on the same player -- one sc…

What we learned watching 2025 NHL Draft prospect Jackson Smith

Jackson Smith is one of the more interesting prospects projected to go in the upper half of the first round of the 2025 NHL Draft. The mobile, left-handed defenseman for the WHL’s Tri-City Americans has been ranked as high as sixth overall on some draft rankings, to all the way down to 15th. Smith is firmly in that second tier of defensemen below projected top pick Matthew Schaefer, along with Barrie Colts’ Kashawn Aitcheson, Seattle Thunderbird…