Flyers trade with Penguins to move up and draft massive center Jack Nesbitt at No. 12
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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — In a surprise move on Friday, the Flyers made a deal with their Keystone State rivals, the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Philly sent pick Nos. 22 and 31 across the state to Pittsburgh for the No. 12 pick, selecting center Jack Nesbitt from Windsor of the OHL. Former Eagle Brandon Graham made the pick.
“He looks like a Flyer to me,” president Keith Jones said on ESPN.
Nesbitt is a tall (6-foot-5), physical pivot who lives at the front of the net, plays a 200-foot game, and compares his game to Dallas Stars captain Jamie Benn. This past season, he finished with 25 goals and 64 points in 65 games, chipping in six power-play goals and two more while shorthanded.
A left-shot, the Sarnia, Ontario, native added another five points (two goals, three assists) in six games for the gold-medal winning Canadians at the U18 World Championships in May.
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