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Flyers draft primer: Everything you need to know about the 2026 draft, from draft order to top prospects The Flyers will pick at No.
21 overall during Fridays first round, which begins at 7 p.m.
on ESPN.
Flyers draft primer: Everything you need to know about the 2026 draft, from draft order to top prospectsPorter Martone was one of two first-round picks for the Flyers in the 2025 draft.
The team only has one this year.
The draft starts Friday night, and after Thursdays trade, the Flyers will have four picks one each in the first, second, fifth and seventh rounds.
Heres everything you need to know before the draft begins.
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The 2026 NHL draft officially starts at 7 p.m., but the Flyers wont be on the clock for a lottery pick.The first round of the draft will air live on ESPN.
The second round begins at 11 a.m.
on Saturday, and the draft will end with the seventh round that same evening.
After winning a playoff series over Pittsburgh Penguins during the 2026 postseason, the teams first since 2019-20, the Flyers will pick at No.
21 overall during Fridays first round.The Flyers will also have three picks on Saturday: in the second round , fifth round and seventh round.
Brent Flahr on the Flyers draft strategy with the 21st pick and morecenter Gavin McKenna and Swedish winger Ivar Stenberg.
The Toronto Maple Leafs won the draft lottery and the San Jose Sharks have the second overall pick.
Other expected top picks include defensemen Chase Reid and Keaton Verhoeff, and center Caleb Malhotra.McKenna finished with 36 assists and 51 points in 35 games.at the Draft Combine.In college, the guys are bigger and stronger and faster and stuff, and the game in itself, I think, is just a little different than junior.
Its more straightforward hockey.So found out early on that things just going to happen easy, and I think once I got to World Juniors, I kind of got my confidence back and kind of figured out the game a little bit more, and started working harder off the ice and on the ice and getting in the dirty areas a little bit more, and I think thats why I started producing more.
Now that the Flyers arent up near the top of the draft, there are a lot more variables impacting who they might select.His bread and butter is how well-rounded he is, The Athletics NHL draft and prospects reporter Scott Wheeler told The Inquirer.
The details off the puck, up and under sticks, retrievals, board battles, hes got pro habits.Q&A: Draft analyst Chris Peters weighs Flyers options at No.
21, Alexander Commands NHL comparison, and more If you talk to the guys in Youngstown, the first thing they say about him is that hes a pro; this isnt a junior hockey player, like a lot of these kids are.
does everything the right way, no selfishness to his game and he doesnt cheat for offense.