Logan Cooley Almost Ended Up On The Flyers?

Logan Cooley Almost Ended Up On The Flyers?

I don’t know if you have been able to catch any Arizona Coyotes games this year. If you have, then you likely noticed how good Logan Cooley is. Cooley, the third overall pick in the 2022 NHL Draft, has eight points in 11 points as a 19-year-old. He looks like a future star in the league.

Arizona may have taken Cooley in that draft but it turns out that almost wasn’t the case. Cooley made a recent appearance on the Spittin Chiclets podcast. He revealed that the Flyers made a strong effort to try to trade up for him.

Ryan Whitney: “Yeah, what was that night like in terms of like expectations?”

Cooley: “I had a lot of great meetings with Arizona. So I thought, you know, if I would get down to three that, you know, I’d have a good chance of going there.

But you know, I met with the Flyers I think it was like 20 minutes before the draft too and I think they were trying to like trade up, so I didn’t know exactly what was going to happen …”

Paul Bissonnette: “Breaking news. F**king right buddy. Keep going. Any more gems?”

Whitney: “Torts would be walking you around or the dog collar on right now.”

It’s worth noting that Chuck Fletcher was still in charge of the team during that time. Maybe things would have been different if Danny Briere and Keith Jones had taken over sooner. Philadelphia ended up selecting Cutter Gauthier at 5th overall, whom the franchise seems really high on.

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