With the calendar just about to turn to October, we’re right on the precipice of all of the major hockey seasons globally really getting going, and it’s set to be a big year. The Flyers are hoping to keep moving in the right direction in their rebuild, but they’re hoping that the next wave of impactful players is on its way to join them before long. With their cupboard well and truly restocked with interesting prospects, there’s going to be a lot worth keeping up with this year, and we’re here with the rundown and where and how to do just that.
Prospects playing in the AHL
The largest contingent of Flyers prospects comes with the group playing more or less right in their back yard, getting in for professional games down in the AHL with the Phantoms.
| Player | Position | Team | League |
| Adam Ginning | D | Lehigh Valley Phantoms | AHL |
| Emil Andrae | D | Lehigh Valley Phantoms | AHL |
| Ethan Samson | D | Lehigh Valley Phantoms | AHL |
| Helge Grans | D | Lehigh Valley Phantoms | AHL |
| Hunter McDonald | D | Lehigh Valley Phantoms | AHL |
| Oliver Bonk | D | Lehigh Valley Phantoms | AHL |
| Ty Murchison | D | Lehigh Valley Phantoms | AHL |
| Alex Bump | F | Lehigh Valley Phantoms | AHL |
| Alexis Gendron | F | Lehigh Valley Phantoms | AHL |
| Denver Barkey | F | Lehigh Valley Phantoms | AHL |
| Devin Kaplan | F | Lehigh Valley Phantoms | AHL |
| Jacob Gaucher | F | Lehigh Valley Phantoms | AHL |
| Karsen Dorwart | F | Lehigh Valley Phantoms | AHL |
| Massimo Rizzo | F | Lehigh Valley Phantoms | AHL |
| Nikita Grebenkin | F | Lehigh Valley Phantoms | AHL |
| Samu Tuomaala | F | Lehigh Valley Phantoms | AHL |
| Aleksei Kolosov | G | Lehigh Valley Phantoms | AHL |
| Carson Bjarnason | G | Lehigh Valley Phantoms | AHL |
With nine forwards, seven defensemen, and two solid goalie options (before the group is potentially dipped into to fill out the NHL lineup) it’s certainly going to be a robust group down there, vying for minutes, but it’s also a group that’s pretty well-balanced — while we have players like Denver Barkey, Oliver Bonk, and Devin Kaplan making their debuts into the league and almost certainly coming in with a lot to learn, they’ll be supported by players like Samu Tuomaala who now has two years of experience in the league under his belt, or an Adam Ginning or Helge Grans, who have three and four years in the league, respectively. It’s still a very young team that they’ll be icing this season, no matter how you slice it, but there are going to be a lot of exciting names in the mix this year, and more skill than they’ve had at their disposal in recent memory, which should all make for an interesting year, at the least.
How to watch: FloHockey (subscription required)
Prospects playing in North American Juniors
The Phantoms’ lineup will be filled out with slightly more mature prospects, but for those looking to get a full dose of the shiny new toy effect, the junior ranks are for you.
| Player | Position | Team | League |
| Jett Luchanko | F | Guelph Storm | OHL |
| Jack Nesbitt | F | Windsor Spitfires | OHL |
| Spencer Gill | D | Blainville-Boisbriand Armada | QMJHL |
| Nathan Quinn | F | Quebec Remparts | QMJHL |
| Austin Moline | D | Madison Capitals | USHL |
| Luke Vlooswyk | D | Red Deer Rebels | WHL |
| Matthew Gard | F | Red Deer Rebels | WHL |
The group of players in the mix in these junior leagues isn’t quite as loaded, but there certainly are still some interesting pieces here. Luchanko is the flashiest name, to be sure, assuming that he’s back in Guelph for one more season, and he’s joined in the OHL with the Flyers’ 12th overall pick from this past draft in Jack Nesbitt, who was just sent back to Windsor on Saturday. This season will also see Austin Moline back for his second season in the USHL, while Nathan Quinn returns to Quebec in the QMJHL for his second full season before he’s set to depart for Northeastern University, and Spencer Gill also closes out his time in the league (now with Blainville-Boisbriand after a trade back in June) before he graduates up to the AHL next season. And finally, we get a bit of a two-for-one special out in the Western Hockey League, as the Flyers picked up a pair of prospects in this year’s draft who are teammates out in Red Deer in Gard and Vlooswyk.
How to watch: A FloHockey subscription will get you those AHL games, but it will also get you USHL games, and new this season, OHL and QMJHL games. The WHL games, though, are being carried on Victory+.
Prospects playing in the NCAA
Rounding out the North American contingent of the prospect pool, we have the ever-growing pool of prospects playing at the collegiate level.
| Player | Position | Team | League |
| Carter Amico | D | Boston Univ. | NCAA (Hockey East) |
| Noah Powell | F | Arizona State Univ. | NCAA (NCHC) |
| Jack Murtagh | F | Boston Univ. | NCAA (Hockey East) |
| Owen McLaughlin | F | Boston Univ. | NCAA (Hockey East) |
| Heikki Ruohonen | F | Harvard Univ. | NCAA (ECAC) |
| Porter Martone | F | Michigan State Univ. | NCAA (Big Ten) |
| Shane Vansaghi | F | Michigan State Univ. | NCAA (Big Ten) |
| Cole Knuble | F | Notre Dame | NCAA (Big Ten) |
| Ryan MacPherson | F | Univ. of New Hampshire | NCAA (Hockey East) |
Porter Martone headlines this group, as he’s elected to make the jump up in competition from the OHL to join the Michigan State Spartans for this season (and joining another exciting prospect in Shane Vansaghi at MSU, in the NCAA.
This season will also see another three NCAA debuts, and one return, as Heikki Ruohonen has graduated up from the USHL (where he spent his last season) and is set to debut with Harvard this fall, while Jack Murtagh and Carter Amico move up from the NTDP to join Boston University (where they’ll join Owen McLaughlin, who just transferred there from North Dakota), and then Noah Powell is set to join Arizona State for this season, returning to the NCAA after his half-season in the OHL.
How to watch: The majority of the Hockey East games, and all ECAC home games are carried on ESPN+, so those with a subscription to that already will be able to keep up with those, but for the teams playing in the Big Ten or NCHC, a subscription to their own individual conference streaming services is required.
Prospects playing in Europe
And finally, the hodge podge of prospects playing on the other side of the pond.
| Player | Position | Team | League |
| Yegor Zavragin | G | SKA St. Petersburg | KHL |
| Santeri Sulku | F | KooKoo | Liiga |
| Alex Ciernik | F | Pelicans | Liiga |
| Ilya Pautov | F | Krasnaya Armiya Moskva | MHL |
| Jack Berglund | F | Färjestad BK | SHL |
| Max Westergard | F | Frolunda HC | SHL |
After a bit of a false start, Zavragin has begun to established himself nicely at the KHL level, while Pautov is still being bounced around between levels, though it seems he’s gotten settled in up in the MHL for the time being. After having a similarly volatile season last year, Jack Berglund seems to have found a role up in the SHL at last, and even though his minutes have fluctuated in his run of games to start the season, he’s stuck at that level (Westergard, though, hasn’t been so lucky, as he’s bounced between the SHL with Frolunda and their U20 team). And finally, the Flyers also have a pair of prospects who have graduated up to Liiga in Finland this season — Sulku after two seasons down a level in Mestis, and Ciernik after three seasons playing in Sweden’s Allsvenskan).
How to watch: Anyone who grabbed a FloHockey subscription can get select SHL games through them, and it looks like there’s another subscription option to catch both SHL and Liiga games here, and then KHL games here, for the true prospect sickos out there.
