The Philadelphia Flyers are the team of the 2025 NHL Draft with seven selections in the top 50 picks. The hopes of a top pick were dashed during the lottery when the lottery balls went the direction of the New York Islanders, leaving the Flyers with the sixth overall selection. Over the course of the NHL’s history, with drafts going as far back as the early ’60s, the seven selections that high isn’t an NHL record. And it actually ties a franchise record.
1990: Lots of picks, some later swapped for Big E
In 1990, the Flyers entered the draft with seven selections in the top 50.