In Round 1 of the 2024 NHL Draft, GM Danny Briere and the Philadelphia Flyers surprised fans when he drafted speedy C/W Jett Luchanko at #13, all while Zeev Buium and Konta Helenius were still on the board.
Bill, Kelly, and Joe from Broad Street Hockey discuss the pick 12 hours later and how this will affect the Flyers’ future.
Note: this segment was recorded on Saturday, June 29.
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28 Comments
Suddenly, everyone's acting like DB and his scouts have no idea or sense about hockey and judging talent and potential. At the same time, this management has accomplished so much for this team in such a short amount of time. They are the ones who have been observing those prospects' development and character all year, not us. I say we should relax, trust DB's instincts and abilities, and hope for the best.
The American players are starting to become a problem. Maybe we should ship the best prospects to Russia for a year to wash away that entitlement the youth in this country seem to have acquired. ***Nothing against Russia, it’s a compliment-they’re some no nonsense tough bastards over there!
Nothing changed Danny B will continue to build this franchise! Go Flyers!!! Stoked!
There was talk during the playoffs, and I can’t remember the analyst, about every competitive team having a big defenseman who can play big minutes. Flyers are in the market for that and will address it in free agency since they couldn’t in the first round of this draft.
Can we all admit this isn’t a rebuild? This is not a bad pick, but it’s the player you get when you don’t draft in the top 5 or top 10. I said all through last season that they are not rebuilding, they are retooling. They are fooling us all by using the R word.
When you rebuild, you turnover the roster and you accumulate top 10 picks for a few years. That’s not what the Flyers are doing. The nucleus of this team is made up of Hextall/Fletcher guys (even some Holmgren guys). Briere has made one big trade and thats it. This is a retool, not a rebuild!
I was really disappointed they didn't draft Buium but I understand they had reservations about his size, the college and agent factor could've been the reason he dropped in the first place.
Jett's skating, age, progression throughout the season, work ethic and when you watch his post draft interview you can tell why the Flyers loved him. I'm excited to see him progress.
"You don't have a crystal ball. You can't look at a kid and predict his future any more than I can. I've sat at those tables and listened to you tell those parents "When I know, I know. And when it comes to your son. I know." And you don't. You don't."
Should've drafted Eiserman and bet on his upside as a goal scorer instead of taking a role player.
We needed Centers. We dont need D, plus he cant skate. You’re catering to the ignorant, this channel will die if all you do is act like talk radio. You’re not stars, you parrot the negative, grow up!!
Look im ok wth the Luchanko pick, SIZE? Did Danny watch the finals Florida won without “size”
Fck that I do NOT want any players that have the same agent as Quitter so I agree with Danny!!! The only thing I did not like about the Luchenko trade is NOT the fact tjhey passed on Helenius who I personally wanted BUT is because the could have traded down from #12/#13 to get him OR could have traded up from #32 to get him thereby attaining Luchenko at a better value!!! It is NOT because I wanted another player!!!
Similarly,, if I were a Ducks fan, I would be livid with the Senneke pick NOT bc I liked someone else but because if you study the mocks you can feel relatively confident to tarde down a few picks and thereby gain great value and get Senneke AND attain tremendous assets along the way!!! This is why I was upset at the Luchenko pick there!!!
Emotionally reactive fans: “reach” “Danny blew it” “Jett’s a bad pick”
Those same fans after watching one highlight video: “okay I was wrong”
Maybe just do your research before you react everyone
We don’t really know what Matvei Michkov is gonna do when he comes. The fans problem is that the Flyers struggle drafting prospects good enough to lift this team up to be a contender and we are tired of this team being irrelevant. Drafting Jett Luchanko at 13 when nobody thought he should go there just scares the fans into thinking same ol same ol
It’s concerning bc Jett wasn’t in the top 15 of any mock draft I saw leading up 😂
They obviously know more about projecting players than any of us, and this front office has bought enough trust with me for this pick. I’m happy they had the balls to go with their guy and not the consensus pick if they didn’t like it
Where they finished this year hurt the draft for a rebuilding team.
I think Luchanko's speed was the key thing. Danny is building a speed racer team.
That dudes nails are painted
4:52 they have dudes whose entire what now??
change the rules so college kids can't just refuse to sign and then sign wherever they want too. no other drafted prospects can do that. so why a special rule for college kids?
The Flyers has no choice to be in Trevor Zegras derby. I want a Flyers put Travis Konecny in a deal with Anaheim. That 's a time to trade Konecny 27 years old and.with the rebuilding process . At 30 years old the best of Konecny has behind of.him. Go trade Konecny in a deal with Zegras
Luchanko is fine. Its kicking 32 down the road and getting nothing extra for doing so that really annoyed me. You better hope next year the board falls their way or this is a huge mistake.
The trade of pick 32 at Edmonton it.s.a.genius move. The Oilers has a chance to lost Draisaitl
The attitude of "who are you to question Briere" is ridiculous. Some of us have been watching this sport long enough and following these players long enough to form our own opinion instead of just shilling every move the front office makes. Briere shouldn't be immuned to criticism. If people don't like the pick, they have every right to voice their displeasure withiut being talked down to because they're not an NHL gm.
Grab Boqvist off waivers ASAP!We need a highly skilled center to complement Matvei. Zegras is available & they would be insane together. We should also trade for either Necas, Pinto or Kent Johnson for the second line. Signing Zadorov for Drysdale would be smart.
Love the pick. Luchanko has a lot more potential than helenius. Buium would have been solid but I’m sure there was a good reason flyers passed on him
they were never drafting kurt overhardt's college player. literally never. think about it. some will say they could just trade him. life isnt a video game
Called this pick back in may after buttons list dropped. Sometimes I feel like Flyer fans miss a lot of whats going on. Like its impossible to think Jett wasnt on others lists. Look at Sennecke, barely anyone had him going #3, they passed on Demidov to get him. Guys rise for a reason, and drop. Look at Zeev…..what made teams pass on him and take everyone of the other "core" dmen available? Clearly, other teams saw something that made him less desirable in comparison to the other guys.
Maybe for once, in 2025, we can finally line up a vault of picks when the draft is actually loaded. Lots of draft capital to make a splash, my guess is they're more likely to pull the big triggers for next year vs this passed one.
Waiting sucks, but this makes sense based on where they likely feel we are in our timeline.