Philadelphia Flyers Draft Emil Andrae With 54th Pick

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With their second selection in the NHL Draft, the Flyers took the Swedish defenseman in Emil Andrae.

With quite a few players dropping during the second round, it began to look like the Flyers would have a healthy selection of players to select from. After taking a forward in Tyson Foerster with their first-round pick, the team went to the defensive side with their next. Thus with the 54th overall pick, they drafted Emil Andrae from HV71 of the Swedish Hockey League.

The biggest knock on Andrae coming in was his size. And that was a big reason that he fell slightly in the draft. Despite that, he was the top-scoring…