The Flyers are high on the 6-foot-4, 220-pound McDonald, who was a sixth-round pick in 2022 and played the past two seasons at Northeastern.
“He’s a little bit of a throwback,” Northeastern coach Jerry Keefe told The Inquirer.The defenseman, who just wrapped up his sophomore season at Northeastern University, has signed a professional tryout with Lehigh Valley, according to the AHL transactions page and a team source.after twice being passed over, McDonald, 21, has developed into an elite shutdown defenseman during his two seasons of college hockey.
“He plays physical and he skates really well for a big kid. He’s got a good quick twitch to him, so you combine that size and skating ability and the willingness to defend first and the willingness to be hard to play against. That’s why I think he’s going to be such a great pro.” As a freshman, his six blocked shots and empty-netter helped the Huskies upset BU in the semifinals of the Beanpot, and this year he had the secondary assist on the overtime winner in their 4-3 win against the Terriers in the title game.
McDonald impressed the Flyers during development camp with his positioning and ability to kill plays despite being a late-round pick. As Flyers vice president and assistant general manager Brent Flahr relayed to The Inquirer recently, he tells the kids right away at camp that it doesn’t matter where they are drafted, what matters is what they do from here.Keefe thinks that the defenseman has the mentality and wherewithal to prove he’s a pro night in and night out.
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