Flyers general manager Ron Hextall, whose team has the No. 2 overall pick in Friday’s NHL draft in Chicago, knows centers Nolan Patrick and Nico Hischier are universally regarded as the top two choices, not necessarily in that order.
And though it would be shocking if the Flyers didn’t pick one of those two players, Hextall made it sound as if he was considering all options.
He said it with a straight face, too.
“Look at past drafts,” he said during a news conference at the Skate Zone in Voorhees on Friday. “Have you ever looked at those re-drafts five years later?