In Friday night’s NHL draft: 2. FLYERS: Nico Hischier, C, Halifax (QMJHL). Hischier was just fine down the stretch, while Patrick was on the shelf yet again. My feeling is that Hischier did enough to nudge himself ahead for the Flyers, although I have talked to several NHL sources who warn of recency bias. I’ve also heard that the Flyers have been doing extra homework on Owen Tippett, but it’s unclear if he would be a consideration at 2 or a trade-down option:
