REAL TIME UPDATED STATISTICS for the 2012 Flyers Draft Picks
Bookmark our site and come back whenever you like during the hockey season and you'll find updated statistics here without having to look them up individually. For some prospects such as some foreign prospects and others, we arranged the statistics from two sites. Where you see no statistics for the player, that is a placeholder as of July 2013 and the statistics will be updated as they occur in the future.
You'll also find a post for the top 25 prospects in the organization with constantly updated statistics as the hockey season progresses and posts with all prospects from other drafts who are still property of the Flyers with updated statistics throughout the hockey season.
The 2012 Flyers draft picks could be playing in the OHL, WHL, USHL, ECAC (College hockey), and the KHL. You don't have to look their statistics up by league or try to search the best way to find them through individual lookups each time you want to look it up. You'll also have incentive to look them up much more often.
1st Round - Center Scott Laughton Oshawa (OHL) - As of July 2013, it is up in the air if Scott will be on the Flyers this year or back at Oshawa. See end of this article for more.
2nd Round - Goaltender Anthony Stolarz Corpus Christi (NAHL) - I believe Stolarz will return to London in the OHL in 2013-2014. London is one of the top powerhouse teams in major junior hockey.
3rd Round - Defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere Union College (ECAC) - Gostisbehere stated he would return to Union College for his junior year in 2013-2014.
4th Round - Defenseman Fredric Larsson Brynas J20 (Sweden) - The Flyers are helping Larsson and his agent to find a USHL team to play for in 2013-2014 possibly Youngstown as of July 2013. Larsson played on the Brynas J20 team in the Superelite junior hockey league in Sweden in 2012-2013.
4th Round - Left Wing Taylor Leier Portand (WHL) - Leier will return to Portland in 2013-2014 for what will probably be his last year of eligibility in the WHL. It would be a major surprise if he made the Flyers opening day roster. Leier comes off a breakout year and could rise with a good or great season although he is considered a late bloomer.
5th Round - Defenseman Reece Willcox Merritt (BCHL) - Willcox will return to Cornell University in the ECAC in 2013-2014 for his sophomore season after logging top minutes including on the penalty kill as a freshman for Cornell.
7th Round - Defenseman Valeri Vasiliev Spartak Jrs. (Russia) - Vasiliev the son of the Russian hockey legend of the same name played in 11 games for Spartak Moscow in the KHL and for the Spartak Jr team in 2012-2013. There is reason to believe he will be playing in the KHL for Spartak Moscow in 2013-2014. Vasiliev was not at the Flyers Development Camp in July 2013.
As of July of 2013, there are a few potential factors that may play a part in where center Scott Laughton plays in 2013-2014 whether is in the NHL with the Flyers or with Oshawa in the OHL again where he most likely will be in his last year of eligibility if he is sent down.
He may perform so well in training camp and preseason that he makes the Flyers opening day roster regardless of the other factors. It is also possible he makes the opening day roster but is sent down before the service time is started on his entry level contract which is what happened last season.
The Flyers are currently a little over 2 million over the salary cap (in season) which is within the overage permitted in the offseason before penalties. Many think they will trade a defenseman prior to opening day although they do have last resort options to waive a few bottom of the roster players and/or Laughton (who can be send down without exposing him to waivers and getting picked up by another NHL team) to get under the cap. Pronger's LTIR would allow them to bring back players waived who clear waivers and/or Scott Laughton.
If they do trade a defenseman, they could possibly trade for a forward which may affect Laughton making the Flyers roster for the season or it could also open up more cap space to sign a free agent forward even if they don't trade for a veteran forward. They could also theoretically add a forward to the major league roster and Laughton also still makes the roster.
Finally it may also be possible the Flyers prefer not to start his entry level contract so he loses the spot to another forward whether it is a player in the organization or is a future acquisition.
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