With the 85th overall selection in the 2026 NHL Draft, the Maple Leafs selected 6’4, 198-pound goalie Juuso Ainasto of Jokerit in Finland. The pick used to select Ainasto was originally owned by the Philadelphia Flyers. It was traded to the Leafs in the deal that sent Joe Woll and Simon Benoit to Philadelphia in […]
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The Flyers closed out their second round with their second selection of the day, picking up goaltender Martin Psohlavec out of the Czech junior league.
🔶 WELCOME TO PHILLY! 🔶 With the 62nd overall pick in the 2026 #NHLDraft , we are proud to select goaltender Martin Psohlavec. pic.twitter.com/dcSZZ9QtWm — Philadelphia Flyers (@NHLFlyers) June 27, 2026
Their first goalie drafted since 2023, Psohlavec stands out, above all, for his size. Coming in at 6’5 (but still just 185 pou...
The Philadelphia Flyers have double-dipped on defensemen with their 2nd pick in the 2026 NHL Draft. With the 53rd overall […]
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And we’re off! With their first pick of Day 2 of the draft, the 53rd overall pick, the Flyers have selected right-shooting defender Brek Liske out of Everett of the WHL.
🔶 WELCOME TO PHILLY! 🔶 With the 53rd overall pick in the 2026 #NHLDraft , we are proud to select Brek Liske. pic.twitter.com/3VTsGqun8p — Philadelphia Flyers (@NHLFlyers) June 27, 2026
Liske brings a nicely rounded game — he’s not terribly flashy in any one area, but he does a lot of things quite well. He’s s...
Day 2 of the 2026 NHL Draft is underway, and the draft coverage started with a bang. On the broadcast, […]
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The Philadelphia Flyers selected defenseman Maksim Sokolovskii in the NHL Draft on Friday night, with the 27th overall selection. The defenseman is a towering 6-foot-7 skater from Kazakhstan. Flyers general manager Danny Briere revealed why Philadelphia took him. “It’s not a secret, we don’t have a lot of defensemen,” Briere said, per NBC Sports Philadelphia. […]
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The Philadelphia Flyers capped off their Round 1 of the 2026 NHL Draft by selecting Maksim Solovkoskii 27th overall. In […]
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There is a lot of trade interest this offseason in Columbus Blue Jackets defenseman Zach Werenski. Werenski is one of the most-talked about players this NHL offseason, with multiple teams wanting to trade for him. “There will be at least a dozen teams who will inquire over time but some early teams to monitor with […]
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After a wild — but not wholly unexpected — unfolding of events through the first round, we’re right back at it again today for the final six rounds of the draft. The Flyers picked up a bit more ammunition for themselves last night, and that opens the door for things to get a little bit more interesting around here, and we’ll see soon what they end up getting up to.
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The Toronto Maple Leafs have made multiple changes to their roster already this offseason. They recently traded Joseph Woll and Simon Benoit to the Philadelphia Flyers and brought in Darren Raddysh from the Tampa Bay Lightning in a sign-and-trade. However, when looking at the Maple Leafs’ current roster, they should not be done yet.The Maple […]
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Although they moved down six slots and acquired two additional draft picks for Saturday, Philadelphia Flyers general manager Danny Briere says he thinks London Knights defenseman Maksim Sokolovskii will take some time to develop. But believes it will be well worth the wait.
The Flyers selected Sokolovskii with the twenty-seventh overall pick, sliding down a half dozen slots after San Jose traded their first-round, second-round, and fourth-round selections. The blueliner is 6’7″ and 240 po...
In the middle of the first round of the 2026 NHL Draft, a little bit of a miniature bombshell was dropped by The Athletic’s Pierre LeBrun. The NHL insider has been all over the Zach Werenski story over there for the Columbus Blue Jackets and he just decided to put out a list of teams who are almost certainly going to call if the reigning Norris Trophy winner is available in a trade.
While it is expected that the true Stanley Cup contenders who could certainly use a No. 1 defenseman like W...
The Philadelphia Flyers beefed up their blueline in the prospect pool by selecting Maksim Sokolovskii with the 27th overall pick […]
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The Philadelphia Flyers picked a whole lot later than we are used to and they utilized this 27th overall pick — after a trade down from pick No. 21 with the San Jose Sharks — to select London Knights defenseman Maksim Sokolovskii. He’s a big boy as the 6-foot-7 blueliner was taken off the pile of young prospects and taken by the Flyers to add to their increasingly large pile of players whose main characteristic is that they have size.
Sokolovskii is simply going for someone who is bigger ...
With the 21st pick of the 2026 NHL draft, the Philadelphia Flyers have selected … Nobody.
After some speculation that the Flyers could trade back a few spots in order to accrue some more picks later on in the draft, they ended up doing just that, sending their 21st overall selection to the San Jose Sharks for the 27th overall selection, the 62nd overall selection, and the 120th overall selection.
With the resulting 27th overall pick, the Flyers would then select Maksim Sokolovs...
With the 27th pick in the 2026 NHL Entry Draft, the Philadelphia Flyers have selected Maksim Sokolovskii from the London Knights of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL). About Maksim Sokolovskii…
The pick is in. After a trade back with the San Jose Sharks, with the 27th overall pick in the […]
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Sokolovskii had two goals, six assists and eight points in 44 games with the London Knights in the OHL.
The 2026 NHL Draft is just over an hour away, and the Philadelphia Flyers are set to pick 21st overall. […]
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Draft Day is upon us, and like every year, there’s a host of mocks and rumors floating around that are trying to decipher who the Flyers are going to be taking with their first round pick.
The Athletic’s Kevin Kurz noted in a brief draft day report that The Athletic’s Corey Pronman has heard rumblings that the Flyers have been linked with Moncton defenseman Tommy Bleyl, especially if they are to make a trade that drops them closer to the end of the first round.
The 6-foot, 170-...
The 2026 NHL Draft is here. Well, in a few hours.
All of the drafts have been mocked. Dinners with prospects have been eaten. And the rumors are swirling after a whirlwind of NHL trades already completed this week.
The Philadelphia Flyers only have one pick in the first round of this year’s draft, and it could very well be on the move. However, as of now, we know that they own the 21st overall selection on Friday night.
So, after rounding up some of the projections throughout th...
The Philadelphia Flyers have the No. 21 pick in the NHL Draft, and there are many ways they could plan on using it to improve their team. In the latest report, they are considering trading down in the draft in hopes of getting an extra pick, according to Kevin Kurz of The Athletic. “The Flyers […]
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The Philadelphia Flyers are trying a whole lot of things in what has been a wild week in the NHL. While their only two moves so far this offseason has been smartly getting a very capable tandem goaltender in Joseph Woll from the Maple Leafs, and sending Garnet Hathaway home to Florida for a nice little package of draft picks, there is speculation that something much bigger is going to go down in the coming days with the 2026 NHL Draft kicking off Friday night.
Unfortunately, they might ha...
The 2026 NHL Draft is finally here. As of writing, the Philadelphia Flyers have the following draft picks: No. 21, No. 53, No. 136, and No. 213. What’s in store…
It’s officially NHL Draft Day! After a wild week of trades, the first round of the 2026 NHL Draft is […]
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