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Philadelphia Flyers Five Round 2019 NHL Mock Draft

By Benjamin Gabrych

PHILADELPHIA, PA - MARCH 14: Members of the Philadelphia Flyers watch the play on the ice from their bench against the Washington Capitals on March 14, 2019 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Len Redkoles/NHLI via Getty Images)
PHILADELPHIA, PA - MARCH 14: Members of the Philadelphia Flyers watch the play on the ice from their bench against the Washington Capitals on March 14, 2019 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Len Redkoles/NHLI via Getty Images) /
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VANCOUVER, BC – JANUARY 2: Goalie Samuel Hlavaj #2 of Slovakia in Quarterfinal hockey action of the 2019 IIHF World Junior Championship against Russia on January, 2, 2019 at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. (Photo by Rich Lam/Getty Images) /

Round Five, Pick One-Hundred Thirty-Four: G Samuel Hlavaj

Since the Flyers don’t own a fourth-round pick because of the Petr Mrazek trade back in February of 2018, I’m skipping right to the fifth and final round of this mock. As I mentioned in my last mock draft, Philadelphia is running dry on goaltending talent in their system with Felix Sandstrom and now Kirill Ustemenko heading over to North America. Fletcher will need to add at least one during this years’ draft, and Samuel Hlavaj could be a late round gem.

Hlavaj has substantial size with a 6’4, 194-pound frame and uses that mixed with great athletism and excellent glove positioning to make impressive saves. His stats weren’t overly impressive, posting a 4.58 Goals Against Average with a .862 save percentage in 22 games with the Lincoln Stars in the United States Hockey League. It’s worth noting that Stars ranked dead last in the USHL standings with a mere 12 wins in 62 games and that Hlavaj actually kept Lincoln alive in most of the contests he played in. For that reason, their poor overall season shouldn’t reflect on his own skill set.

He does need to improve on working through screens, as a decent amount of goals he gave up were either on screened shots or deflections. A guy with his size and athleticism shouldn’t struggle with working through bodies and will need to fix that to reach his potential as a goalie. I think he’ll be able to work through those issues with the right amount of coaching, though.

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Whomever he ends up choosing, Fletcher will have plenty of options to pick from when the 2019 NHL Entry Draft starts on June 21st.

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