ESPN's first mock draft of the season has the Flyers taking a small but highly skilled center from the OHL and a big scoring winger from the QMJHL in the first round.
As we get closer to the NHL draft (less than one month away!), more and more speculation is out there about which team is going to take which first-round prospect.
ESPN's Corey Pronman took his shot at projecting the first round on Thursday, releasing what he called his "Grade A" Mock Draft. The full post is for ESPN Insider subscribers only, but here was his basic criteria in his picks:
The following is something we at ESPN Insider refer to as a "Grade A Mock Draft," which is unlike other mock drafts in which I use all the information at my disposal to try to predict a team's selections.