Novotny's nose for the net could intrigue Flyers at No. 21 in NHL draft
Ashlyn Sullivan, Jordan Hall and Al Morganti break down Adam Novotny of the Peterborough Petes as a potential pick for the Flyers in the NHL draft.
Novotny's nose for the net could intrigue Flyers at No. 21 in NHL draft originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
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Adam Novotny.
Jordan, what are we thinking?
Yeah, a kid from Czechia, Ashlynn, who played in the OHL, had a little bit of a slow start because he was coming over to North America as a teenager, but he's got some scoring moxie.
He's really good around the net, and I think he possibly could be there at number 21.
He would definitely intrigue me, Al.
I think there's a good bit to like.
He's really competitive.
He can play in tight areas.
he's not the most well-rounded player, but I, I like him though.
Yeah.
G- you take the goals, right?
Yeah.
Mm-hmm.
You see a guy that gets goals, and you see this team, you want a guy that, that wants to take the shot.
How many times you see g- players surrendering shots?
It's why we like some of the kids at that bump that the Flyers brought up, willing to take it, and you can see that even in juniors, a guy that just wants to, wants to score, wants to get in, wants to make a play.
So I think that, that would be And I, I like the fact he played there.
I mean, it's gonna change in the future with the, juniors and college hockey and all that.
Yeah.
But, I mean, that, I w- I'm certainly looking at that and say, "You know what?
I can t- I'll just take the goals."
Mm-hmm.
Yeah.
