Philadelphia Flyers general manager Danny Briere under fire for comments on top pick Jett Luchanko

"The Philadelphia Flyers organization was built on relentless ambition and loyalty to this city. When you're playing for Philadelphia, you're playing to win and you're giving it your all. That's the bottom line, because when you represent this city, nothing less is acceptable. That extends beyond the ice, too. It's about character, sacrifice, integrity, and most importantly, resilience in every single thing we do.

When you don the Orange and Black, you're held to a specific set of standards, and you're expected to show up and work your a** off. Every. Single. Day. It's about doing things the right way. No excuses. No shortcuts.

This is a new era of hockey, and we're building a new foundation for the future. New ways to work, new ways to train, and new ways to win. We have new voices, new perspectives, and new plans, but this is still Flyers hockey, so the goal remains the same: Win.

Welcome to a new era of Orange."

"He reminds me a lot of Nick Suzuki. He's not the biggest, but he's very effective in all facets of the game. If he becomes half of Suzuki, we'll be happy. We were able to get a third-round pick that we were able to use to advance to the second round to draft defenseman Spencer Gill, from Rimouski, 59th overall, another one that our scouts had ranked in the first round. That gives us Luchanko and Gill rather than one player at No. 12."