*That’s another NHL Entry Draft in the books, and if nothing else, Danny Briere made sure people noticed what the Flyers were doing. The first move the Flyers made on Friday night was to trade back from 21 to 27 in order to pick up a couple more late round picks and to select, rather predictably, the largest 17 year old to ever live. [BSH]
*Post first round, Briere explained what he was thinking when he did the thing everyone expected him to do. [BSH]
*Here’s what the scouting community had to say about this choice for the Flyers. [BSH]
*It wasn’t just The Large Defenseman, though. The Flyers made a bunch of other picks on Day 2 of the Draft:
- With their first pick in the second round, #53 overall, the Flyers went defense again. [BSH]
- With the 62nd overall pick, Briere went with a Czech goalie. A lot of focus on the back end to start, huh? [BSH]
- At 120 they went goalie AGAIN. ABC, Always Be Drafting Goaltenders. [BSH]
- At the end of the fifth round the Flyers finally went with a forward, a high schooler out of Minnesota. [BSH]
- And finally, Danny Briere, Brent Flahr, et. al closed out their 2026 draft with another defenseman, this one out of Finland. Kinda clear what the focus was this year, wouldn’t you say? [BSH]
*If you’re looking for something here that is a bit of fun, the Flyers’ second round pick is a life-long, die hard Flyers fan. [BSH]
*In fact, his dad might be more psyched about this than he is. [Inquirer]
*After the draft wrapped, Brent Flahr got in front of some microphones to explain how the Flyers approached things this year. [BSH]
*If you’re a subscriber over at Charlie’s website, you can read his thoughts on the picks the Flyers made. [PHLY]
*The vibe overall, with the benefit of a few days to think it all over, is that this was a pretty “meh” performance by the Flyers front office. Some will argue that it doesn’t matter. [The Athletic]
*Of course, there are Opinions about how things went this weekend. Here’s one set of grades for you to consider. [ESPN]
*To save you some time, we compiled all of the grades given to the Flyers by the various and sundry Hockey Minds On The Internet. [BSH]
*If a range of grades feels a little too nuanced for you, you can always just go with winners and losers. [ESPN]
*And just in case you’re interested, here’s a full run down of every single pick made in the 2026 Entry Draft. [Sportsnet]
*Moving on, the Flyers remain at the center of the Zach Werenski rumor mill. Which is kind of exciting. [BSH]
*In fact, they’re one of the teams for whom it makes the most sense to go hard after a guy like Werenski. [The Athletic]
*If you’re trading for a guy that just won the Norris, you’re going to have to give up some pretty big pieces to get him. So it begs the question: would you trade Matvei Michkov to make it happen? [BSH]
*And finally, summer always flies by, and as such, we’re already talking Development Camp. The Flyers announced the full roster and schedule yesterday. [BSH]
