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The Flyers scouting staff wanted Cale Makar but Ron Hextall overruled them

Draft Class: 2017
Created By: sensonfire
Published: Jan. 11, 2022 at 11:51 a.m.
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Bobby Clarke said on a podcast that the Flyers scouting staff in 2017 wanted to take Cale Makar at 2nd overall.


Then Flyers GM Ron Hextall wanted Brandon Wheat Kings prospect Nolan Patrick instead.

Whenever there's an argument between the GM and the scouting staff, the GM always wins.


It's a fact of life.



Anyway, here's the podcast:


https://twitter.com/andystrickland/status/1480930459282550787
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Jan. 11, 2022 at 12:31 p.m.
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That's interesting, could've saved them trading for an injured Ryan Ellis, maybe they'd already be contenders again. Plus, imagine Provorov and Makar on the same pair!
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Jan. 11, 2022 at 1:12 p.m.
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If Makar played in the WHL and not the AJHL A LOT more scouts would have paid A LOT more attention to him
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Jan. 11, 2022 at 2:16 p.m.
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sensonfire: Thanks for passing this on to your CF buds.
Jan. 11, 2022 at 2:25 p.m.
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Why is Hextall even a GM again?
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Jan. 11, 2022 at 2:41 p.m.
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Why is Hextall even a GM again?


True. Why did the Pens hired the the incompetent hockey man Brian Burke as team president. Burke's a good TV personality .
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