Season Preview: 2018-19 Phillipsdelphia Flyers

Flyers

Flying to Jamaica

Cam Atkinson

Teuvo Teravainen

Jordan Eberle

Kyle Connor

Tyler Seguin

Travis Konecny

Brayden Point

DOM SAYS: 62.3 average points

Erik Karlsson

Colin Miller

Kevin Shattenkirk

DOM SAYS: 47.7 points

Kevin Lebanc (p)

Travis Sanheim (p)

Not flying to Jamaica

Joel Eriksson Ek

Kevin Fiala

Max Domi

Chris Krieder

Derek Stepan

Brandon Saad

Mattias Janmark

Damon Severson

Reto Berra

Juuse Saros

Why did this team suck so bad? In Seguin, Point and Teravainen, some very good high end guys and good, young depth after that. I see good potential upside in all of his forward keepers and no obvious weak points. I look at the tossaways at forward and think they might all end up getting redrafted. 

I think Colin Miller is a keeper if only because of Nate Schmidt's suspension. Boy's gonna get mad minutes for the first quarter of the year. Karlsson's gonna get a million points and a healthy baby this year, just you watch. Shattenkirk is going to funk his jam after a down year, although maybe he'll never get back to past glory on a bad New York team. 

The reason I think he goes young one more year is that his prospects are nothing special, particularly for a team in a rebuild. Lebanc would be a perfect prospect for a contending team (MISSED TRADE OPPORTUNITY), because he can immediately step in and score 45-50 points and fill in the bottom of the roster, but he's not a long term keeper. Same goes for Sanheim, except probably worse because he's got more work to do in his depth chart. 

I think that this team will live and die by its draft, and in particularly GMGP's drafting philosophy. I think he needs to choose to go one way or the other. He may be able to draft an elite offensive prospect, and may also be able to draft a 30 something point per game player. I have a sneaking suspicion that he goes young one more time to try to find another diamond or two, in particular a prospect defenceman. 

Projected finish: 12th.