Should Flyers TRADE Prospect Jett Luchanko? Why NHL Analyst Craig Button Thinks GM Danny Briere Can

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🗓️ 18 March 2026

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Bill and Charlie dive into Luchanko’s potential, the Flyers’ current rebuild strategy, and whether trading a promising prospect is the right move to accelerate success. Is this a smart long-term decision or a risky gamble?

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0:00.0	There is very real disappointment in the organization surrounding the progress of Jet
0:03.1	Luchenko.
0:04.0	Craig Button says that he could see the Philadelphia Flyers possibly trading prospect
0:09.7	Jett Luchenko and says he doesn't see him as a top end player.
0:15.0	Now first, this is not I heard from Danny that they're going to trade him because we've given up on him.
0:22.6	This is Craig Button saying, yeah, I don't see him as a top end player.
0:25.8	Maybe they look to move him in a package, I would assume.
0:30.6	Okay.
0:31.2	Like that is an assessment.
0:34.5	That is an assessment you can make of a guy who in his first two years since
0:38.6	being drafted has made the flyers out of camp, put up, played four games in each season,
0:45.0	put up zero points and been sent back to the OHL. And now in what is his, what, draft plus two
0:51.5	season has 43 points in 38 games in the oh hl he put up two goals and 15
0:59.3	assists in 11 games with gwef and since his trade to the brantford bulldogs five goals 21 assists
1:06.8	in 27 games he's he's currently battling an injury the idea is he will be possibly back for the end of the OHL regular season.
1:14.6	They expect him back for the playoffs.
1:16.8	He did not play a huge role for Team Canada at World Juniors,
1:21.0	despite being a 19-year-old in his last year of eligibility.
1:25.0	One assist in seven games at World Juniors. Not exactly a guy you have
1:32.9	tabbed to be a one C. That's, that's, I think we can all look at what Jet Luchenko has done and
1:38.3	say speed is cool. His playmaking is intriguing. The goal scoring, I mean, he has seven goals this season in the OHL.
1:47.0	That's not so intriguing.
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