PHILADELPHIA FLYERS
Top priority: Power forward
The situation: Flyers general manager Ron Hextall has said he wants to see his team get bigger up front, and those thoughts were echoed by director of scouting Chris Pryor. "Maybe we need to get a little bigger, little faster," Pryor said. "But at the end of the day, it comes down to evaluating and taking the best player available. Size does become a factor, and the skill level and the speed. Those are all the intangibles that the scouting staff, that we earmark."
Possible fits: Max Jones, LW, London (OHL); Julien Gauthier, RW, Val-d'Or (QMJHL); Riley Tufte, LW, Blaine (HIGH-MN)
PITTSBURGH PENGUINS
Top priority:Defense depth
The situation:The Penguins traded two of their best prospects, forward Kasperi Kapanen and defenseman Scott Harrington, plus their 2016 first-round pick (No. 30), to the Toronto Maple Leafs for Phil Kessel. The payoff was the Stanley Cup, but now they need to add pieces for the future. That process starts with two picks in the second round. It's likely they take the best player available with potentially a slight lean toward defense if all things are equal.
Possible fits:Filip Hronek, D, HR Kralov (CZREP); Sean Day, D, Mississauga (OHL); Vladimir Kuznetsov, RW, Acadie-Bathurst (QMJHL)