Flyers Mock Draft 4.0: Final Musings and Ruminations

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The Flyers will almost assuredly pick a center for Matvei Michkov in the 2025 NHL Draft. (Photo: Christopher Hanewinc, Imagn Images)
It's time for our fourth and final rendition of our 2025 Philadelphia Flyers mock draft, complete with all 32 first-round selections from every team.
The perpetually changing rumor landscape has changed our selections over time, with names like James Hagens, Porter Martone, Ivan Ryabkin, Joshua Ravensbergen, Jackson Smith, and more all making their ways into the first round for the Flyers.
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So, what's ultimately going to happen? It's hard to say, but there are now only so many hours before the draft for things to change.
Let's talk Flyers and the NHL Draft, yes?
1. D Matthew Schaefer, New York Islanders
2. C Anton Frondell, San Jose Sharks
3. C Michael Misa, Chicago Blackhawks
4. C Caleb Desnoyers, Utah Mammoth
5. RW Porter Martone, Nashville Predators
6. C James Hagens, Philadelphia Flyers
Rationale: Under GM Danny Briere, the Flyers have developed a reputation for deception around draft time. But you can only perform the same trick so many times before you become a one-trick pony.
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That's why I believe the Flyers are genuinely interested in James Hagens, once the consensus No. 1 player of this draft class, and believe he can be Philly's No. 1 center of the future alongside Matvei Michkov.
Hagens confirmed Thursday that he met with the Flyers an additional time following the NHL scouting combine.
7. C Jake O'Brien, Boston Bruins
8. F Brady Martin, Seattle Kraken
9. D Radim Mrtka, Buffalo Sabres
10. D Kashawn Aitcheson, Anaheim Ducks
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11. C Roger McQueen, Pittsburgh Penguins
12. RW Victor Eklund, Pittsburgh Penguins
13. F Carter Bear, Detroit Red Wings
14. D Jackson Smith, Columbus Blue Jackets
15. F Benjamin Kindel, Vancouver Canucks
16. LW Lynden Lakovic, New York Islanders
17. D Logan Hensler, New York Islanders
18. LW Malcom Spence, Calgary Flames
19. RW Justin Carbonneau, St. Louis Blues
20. C Braden Cootes, Columbus Blue Jackets
21. D Cam Reid, Ottawa Senators
22. C Cole Reschny, Philadelphia Flyers
Rationale: Should they draft Cole Reschny, the Flyers will have drafted a center with each of their last three first round picks after Hagens and Jett Luchanko.
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But that's not a bad thing. We don't know what Luchanko's true ceiling is as a promising player playing on awful teams, and the Flyers were basically the only team to value him as highly as they did.
Adding Reschny to the mix gives the Flyers a much better chance of having two potential top-six centers in the pipeline and helps further take the pressure off Luchanko to become some offensive maven.
Reschny is a versatile forward and was dynamite in the WHL this season, especially in the second half of the year. He'd be a great fit in Philadelphia.
23. G Joshua Ravensbergen, Nashville Predators
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24. D Blake Fiddler, Los Angeles Kings
25. LW Bill Zonnon, Chicago Blackhawks
26. C Jack Nesbitt, Nashville Predators
27. RW Alex Zharovsky, Washington Capitals
28. C William Horcoff, Winnipeg Jets
29. D Max Psenicka, Carolina Hurricanes
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30. D Henry Brzustewicz, San Jose Sharks
31. LW Cullen Potter, Philadelphia Flyers
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Rationale: Another small forward Jon, really?
Look, Cullen Potter is one of my favorite forwards in this draft class. He's a monster skater and has a full offensive toolkit, and he's a left-shot left wing, which the Flyers really need more of.
Alex Bump and Nikita Grebenkin are probably NHL contributors, but do they have the skating and upside of Potter? No, not in my opinion, at least.
Potter will need to put on some weight and strength, but the Flyers already have guys (Bobby Brink, maybe Maxim Shabanov) smaller than the 5-foot-10, 172-pound Potter.
Add the talent first, worry about size later. Last year, the Flyers had the inverse strategy, though, so there's concern they again look for the tallest centers they can find within reason at this draft slot.
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32. D Haoxi "Simon" Wang, Calgary Flames
Potential Flyers picks to watch on Day 2
With that all out of the way, there's a surprisingly considerable amount of talent left on the board, including some of my mocked first-rounders from past attempts at this thing.
The Flyers need left defensemen, so names like Kurban Limatov and Sascha Boumedienne should be in play at 36.
Later in the second round, I could see the Flyers take one, or even two, goalies. Russians Semyon Frolov and Alexei Medvedev (already plays in North America for London, teammate of Oliver Bonk and Denver Barkey) are the two best options there.
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I lean Medvedev. Taking the Russian-playing-in-North-America pipeline worked well for the New Jersey Devils last year with Mikhail Yegorov.
Other names I like for the Flyers, in no particular order: RW Vaclav Nestrasil, C Ivan Ryabkin, LW Jack Murtagh, LW Kristian Epperson, D Maddox Labre, D Mace'o Phillips, D David Bedkowski, C Milton Gastrin, RW Jakob Ihs-Wozniak.