Greenberg: Why Sanheim at 17

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Travis Sanheim has good jump. He shot up from 167th to 53rd in the Central Scouting in just half a Western League season. And not even Drew Doughty could ever say that.

Now, can Sanheim eventually go blueline to blueline at the same speed wit…

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Best Draft Years in Flyers History

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Bobby Clarke at pick No. 17 in 1969, in the NHL’s first universal amateur draft, was the Flyers’ all-time jackpot.

Twice they have plucked their best player for a generation at No. 22 in taking Simon Gagne in 1998 and Claude Giroux in 2006.

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Greenberg: Building goes beyond the first round

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The Stanley Cup champion Kings had eleven former first round picks on their playoff team and the runner-up Rangers had nine.

Building, either with your own high choices, or recent ones acquired in trades, wins for you, but that said, do the mat…

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Reality setting in for top NHL Draft prospects

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PHILADELPHIA — The date circled on the calendar a year ago, the one that for months and months looked so far away, finally is within sight.

The first round of the 2014 NHL Draft on Friday (7 p.m. ET; NBCSN, TSN, RDS) is less than 48 hours away…

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DRAFT: Why take the "best player" approach

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NHL drafts are hardly ever predictable, and this year’s is no different. Nevertheless, even with all the uncertainties and surprises that come throughout the seven rounds, Ron Hextall maintains a simple philosophy. Take the best player available…

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Greenberg: What the Flyers must do at this Draft

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Flyers general manager Ron Hextall held a pre-draft media availability on Tuesday at the club’s practice facility in Voorhees, N.J. As a result, Flyers columnist Jay Greenberg looks at what he perceives the Flyers must do this weekend as the Wells…

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Greenberg: Reasons why Giroux deserves the Hart

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If Claude Giroux, at age 26, is not yet the Most Valuable Player in the NHL, he has entered the discussion as a finalist with Pittsburgh’s Sidney Crosby and Anaheim’s Ryan Getzlaf for the Hart Trophy that will be awarded in Las Vegas on Tuesday ni…

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